Small Craft Advisory 365, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
200 PM ADT WED APR 27 2005

BERING SEA STORM CURRENTLY SOUTHWEST OF THE PRIBILOFS HANDLED WELL BY
GFS AND TO CONTINUE WEAKENING AS IT TRACKS NORTH NORTHWEST INTO THE
RUSSIAN FAR EAST LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
MAX WINDS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AT UNALASKA AND WILL BEGIN TO
DIMINISH THIS EVENING. STRONGER WINDS NOW MOVING INTO THE PRIBS AND
KUSKOKWIM DELTA WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THEN RAPIDLY LET UP THU MORNING
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST.

MAINLAND AREAS OF ALASKA WILL REMAIN WARM AND DRY THE NEXT 3 DAYS
UNDER UPPER HIGH PRESSURE. AS THE UPPER RIDGE CENTER MOVS TO THE
EASTERN BROOKS RANGE SAT NIGHT AN EASTERLY WAVE MAY TRACK ALONG THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST FOR COOLER AND WINDIER CONDITIONS ACROSS PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND AND SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA. KODIAK ISLAND WILL RECIEVE A
SHOT OF RAIN WITH SHOWERS BEGINNING AS EARLIER AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE KENAI PENNINSULA COAST
AS WELL.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALES AREA 5..6..15.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

PERCY APR 05