Small Craft Advisory 14, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA
500 PM AST TUE JAN 4 2005

.DISCUSSION...
A WEATHER FRONT OVER THE SUSITNA VALLEY AND THE KENAI PENINSULA WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE WESTERN
GULF OF ALASKA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE SUISTNA VALLEY WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS
AFTERNOON. RAIN OVER THE ANCHORAGE BOWL AND THE EASTERN KENAI
PENINSULA WILL END BY EARLY EVENING. RAIN AND SNOW ALONG THE PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND COAST WILL END TONIGHT.

A 1040 MB HIGH 360 MILE SOUTH OF ADAK WILL MOVE TO NEAR SAND POINT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR AND INTENSIFY TO
1048 MB THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A 1002 MB LOW 200 MILES WEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO
NEAR NOME AND WEAKEN TO 1012 MB TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL DISSIPATE OVER
THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WEDNESDAY. A WEATHER FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH AND
WEST OF THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE INTO KUSKOKWIM DELTA TONIGHT THEN
DISSIPATE OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST DELTA REGION
TONIGHT AND INTO PARTS OF THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY.
MARINE...STORM 13B.
         GALE 2B, 2C, 3A, 13A, 14.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

*** JAN 05