Several minor issues were identified with rivers, lakes, and creeks in Southeast Alaska being incorrectly displayed as marine areas in both internal and external National Weather Service applications. Refinements will be made to public, marine, and fire weather areas to correct these issues. These changes will be transparent to the user. Below you will find a few visual examples of these inconsistencies and a comprehensive list of the affected locations/zones. Use the tabs to navigate to the information of interest.
Here is the official Service Change Notice from the NWS.
Locations
Zones
Examples
Corrected Locations
Mendenhall River
Taiya River
Katzehin River
Taku River
Lace River
Antler River
Gilkey River
Speel Arm
Whiting River
Stikine River
Leduc River
South Fork Chickamin River
Wilson Lake/River
Blossom River
Salmon River (Hyder)
Dry Bay
Akwe River
Dangerous River
Italio River
Ahrnklin River
Situk River
East Alsek River
Lituya Bay
Klawock Lake
Neck Lake
Thorne River
Barnes Lakes
Sweetwater Lake
Prospect Creek
Neka Bay
Alsek River
Marine Forecast Zones
Public and Fire Weather Forecast Zones
PKZ012: Northern Lynn Canal
AKZ317: City and Borough of Yakutat
PKZ013: Southern Lynn Canal
AKZ318: Municipality of Skagway
PKZ021: Icy Strait
AKZ319: Haines Borough and Klukwan
PKZ031: Stephens Passage
AKZ321: Eastern Chichagof Island
PKZ034: Frederick Sound
AKZ322: Cape Fairweather to Lisianski Strait
PKZ036: Clarence Strait
AKZ325: City and Borough of Juneau
PKZ641: Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision out to 15 NM
AKZ328: Prince of Wales Island
PKZ644: Cape Spencer to Cape Fairweather out to 15 NM
AKZ329: City and Borough of Wrangell
PKZ651: Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape out to 15 NM
AKZ330: Ketchikan Gateway Borough
AKZ331: City of Hyder
For questions or feedback regarding the WFO Juneau Zone Refinements, please contact:
Aaron Jacobs
WFO Juneau, Senior Service Hydrologist
aaron.jacobs@noaa.gov
(907) 790-6821
Nicole Ferrin
WFO Juneau, Warning Coordination Meteorologist
nicole.ferrin@noaa.gov
(907) 790-6803
