Small Craft Advisory 1027, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
400 AM AST THU DEC 8 2005

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON POSITION AND STRENGTH OF CURRENT SYSTEM
NEAR DUTCH HARBOR.  LOOKS LIKE IT WILL WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS
THE MAIN CENTER MOVES UP OVER CAPE NEWENHAM THIS EVENING.  500 MB
TROUGH OVER BERING STRAIT SHOULD HELP PRESERVE THIS SYSTEM AS IT
MOVES OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  STRONGEST WINDS
OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WEAKENING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

WEEK SYSTEM IN WESTERN BERING SEA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING MOVES NEAR ST
MATTHEW ISLAND SATURDAY.

DEVELOPING SYSTEM WELL SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY FRIDAY LOOKS REASONABLE
IN THE MODELS.

REMAINING WARM OVER WESTERN ALASKA AND EASTERN BERING SEA UNTIL
FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN COOLER AIR FROM NORTHERN BERING MOVES
SOUTHEAST.

SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER SOUTHCENTRAL TODAY WITH NEXT PRECIP EVENT LATE
FRIDAY MORNING.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...SEE ZONE PACKAGE
MARINE...SEE PACKAGE FOR DETAILS
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

DEC 05