Small Craft Advisory 419, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT WED MAY 18 2005

.DISCUSSION...
FAIRLY BENIGN WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE ANCHORAGE AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY AS A MODERATE LOWS ARE IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA
AND THE NORTH AND CENTRAL BERING. A WEAK RIDGE LAY ALONG THE ALASKA
RANGE.

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW CAUSING LOW CLOUDS..PATCHY
FOG..AND AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WEST OF
THE ALASKA RANGE. CLOUD COVER EXTENDS WEST OF THE DATELINE IN THE
BERING SEA AND ALONG THE ALEUTIANS. EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE THIS
AFTERNOON EXCEPT THE PATCHY FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIQUID
AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.

WEAK CONVECTION MAY BREAK OUT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE IN
THE UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY IN
UNSTABLE AIR.

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

CAS MAY 05