NWS Juneau AKGL.W 0108October 3, 2026
Gale Warning: Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision from 15 to 90 NM, Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe from 15 to 80 NM, Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer from 15 to 80 NM and 2 more
The National Weather Service office in Juneau issued a gale warning for Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision from 15 to 90 NM, Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe from 15 to 80 NM, Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer from 15 to 80 NM and 2 more, which was in force until 10:00 p.m. local time on October 3. It was the 108th gale warning the NWS office in Juneau issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 30 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Juneau AK
- Area
- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision from 15 to 90 NM, Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe from 15 to 80 NM, Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer from 15 to 80 NM and 2 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:30 p.m. AKDT, October 3, 2026
- Expires
- 10:00 p.m. AKDT, October 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Moderate, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- PAJK GL.W 0108
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
* WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 50 kt and seas 12 to 17 ft expected. * WHERE...Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision from 15 to 90 NM, Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe from 15 to 80 NM and Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer from 15 to 80 NM. * WHEN...For the first Small Craft Advisory, until 4 PM AKDT this afternoon. For the Gale Warning, until 10 PM AKDT this evening. For the second Small Craft Advisory, from 10 PM this evening to 6 PM AKDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
What the agency told people to do
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
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