Small Craft Advisory 278, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM AST WED MAR 30 2005

.DISCUSSION...
THE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THOUGH I AM LEANING TOWARD
THE GFS.

A 978 MB LOW 330 MILES SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 200
MILE SOUTH OF CORDOVA AND STRENGTHEN TO 974 MB THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
MOVE EAST TO 250 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORDOVA AND WEAKEN TO 986 MB
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF
ALASKA TONIGHT AND WILL WEAKEN ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND THE
SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA THURSDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT ALONG THE
WEST SIDE OF COOK INLET AND THROUGH KODIAK ISLAND WILL BECOME
STATIONARY TONIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL KUSKOKWIM VALLEY, NEAR ILIAMNA
AND OVER KODIAK ISLAND TONIGHT AND WILL WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT.

SNOW OVER KODIAK ISLAND WILL END BY LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW OVER THE
SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BECOME
SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY. SNOW ALONG THE EAST SIDE THE THE KENAI
PENINSULA  AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND BECOME
SHOWERS THURSDAY. AREAS OF SNOW ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SUSITNA
VALLEY WILL INCREASE THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BECOME SNOW SHOWERS
THURSDAY.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER KODIAK ISLAND THIS EVENING
AND WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THURSDAY.

A 983 MB LOW NORTHEAST OF JAPAN WILL MOVE TO 350 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ATTU AND STRENGTHEN TO 979 MB THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND TO 200 MILES
NORTH OF ATTU AND WEAKEN TO 993 MB FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS TONIGHT AND INTO
THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS THURSDAY AND WILL WEAKEN OVER THE EASTERN
ALEUTIANS THURSDAY NIGHT.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE 2B, 3ABC, 5AB, 6AB, 12AB, 13AB, 14.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

NM MAR 05