Small Craft Advisory 501, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
1200 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005

.DISCUSSION...
ITS WET OUT THERE. SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS MAINLAND ALASKA TODAY
WITH ASSOCIATED FRONT JUST REACHING THE ALASKA RANGE. RAIN AHEAD OF
FRONT AND SHOWERS BEHIND. SURFACE RIDGE ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST
MAKING FOR GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE COPPER RIVER AND THE USUAL TURNAGAIN
ARM/UPPER HILLSIDE LOCATIONS AROUND ANCHORAGE.  60 KT WIND SHEER
REPORTED BY AIRCRAFT NEAR PANC.

OUT WEST THE LOW IN THE BERING JUST WEST OF SAINT PAUL. RAIN SHOWERS
AND LOW CLOUDS ARE THE RULE TODAY.

MODELS DEVELOP A WEEK RIDGE ALONG THE WEST COAST SUNDAY NIGHT TO
GRADUALLY DRY OUT SOUTHCENTRAL AREAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. LOW
APPROACHING SHEMYA WILL INCREASE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WINDS OVER THE
BERING SEA FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALES 120 138 176 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

KAC JUN 05