Gale Warning 354, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM AST THU MAR 10 2005

.DISCUSSION...STRONG LOW WORKING ITS WAY INTO ALASKA THIS MORNING.
THE CENTER OF THE LOW WILL TAKE A TRACK INTO THE KENAI PENINSULA
LATER TODAY AND FORCE ITS WAY INLAND THIS EVENING. THIS SHOULD ALLOW
THE DOWNSLOPE RAIN/SNOW SHADOWS TO BE NEGATED AND PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED FOR MOST INLAND AREAS...PROBABLY RAIN AND NOT SNOW FOR MOST
OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.

THE GENERAL UPPER LEVEL PATTERN CONSISTS OF A LONG WAVE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE STRETCHING ALONG THE NORTH AMERICAN WEST COAST...AND A LONG
WAVE TROUGH THAT CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS. THIS MILD
WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. THE WEST COAST HIGH
WILL RETROGRADE INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC BY THE END OF THE
WEEKEND...WITH THE RIDGE NUDGING INTO SOUTHERN ALASKA. THIS WILL
BRING A LESS ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN TO THE AREA FOR NEXT WEEK.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE 2B1 2C 3B 4 4A 5A 5B 12A 13B 14.
         STORM 2B 3A 3C.
         HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY 14.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

BL MAR 05