Small Craft Advisory 202, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA
500 PM AST SAT MAR 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...

PATTERN REMAINS RELATIVELY STABLE. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ANCHORED ALONG
WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA FORCING LOWS FORMING ALONG 40N TO MOVE
NORTH ALONG 155W AND EVENTUALLY WESTWARD INTO THE BERING SEA BEFORE
DISSIPATING. THIS IS FEEDING MOIST...UNSEASONABLY MILD AIR OVER A
GOOD PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA.

MAJOR LOW VICINITY UNALASKA IS FILLING AND DRIFTING WEST AND SHOULD
DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. UPSTREAM LOW SHOULD MOVE TO THE VICINITY
UNALASKA SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A WEAKENING SURFACE FRONT HAS MOVED INLAND ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST
ALONG WITH THE REMNANTS OF A DISSIPATING SURFACE LOW THAT MOVED
INLAND NEAR CORDOVA AROUND MIDNIGHT. SATELLITE AND RADAR INDICATE
THAT PRECIPITATION IS DIMINISHING ALONG THE COAST.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

CAS MAR 05