FZAK77 PAJK 290246 MWSAJK MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 546 PM AKST SAT NOV 28 2009 PKZ011-021-022-032>035-041>043-051-052-290915- GLACIER BAY-ICY STRAIT-CROSS SOUND-NORTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- SOUTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT-FREDERICK SOUND-SUMNER STRAIT- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION-CAPE DECISION TO CAPE EDGECUMBE- CAPE EDGECUMBE TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER-CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO ICY CAPE- ICY CAPE TO CAPE SUCKLING- 546 PM AKST SAT NOV 28 2009 LIGHTNING HAS BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND SOME OF THE INNER CHANNELS NEAR THE OUTER COAST THIS EVENING. SINCE 4 PM...AROUND 20 LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN DETECTED BY THE NWS LIGHTNING DETECTION NETWORK UP AND DOWN THE COAST...LIGHTNING HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY PILOTS NEAR SITKA...AND THUNDER HAS BEEN HEARD AT YAKUTAT. EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHTNING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING BEFORE THE SECOND WRAP OF THE FRONT MAKES IT INTO THE AREA AND STABILIZES THE ATMOSPHERE. $$