Small Craft Advisory 503, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 2005

.DISCUSSION...

AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WITH
OLD LOW OVER KAMCHATKA.  WEAK LOW CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN PART OF
THE STATE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  IN THE MID TROP THE OLD LOW CENTER
FORMS AN EXTENDED TROUGH OVER SW AK BY NOON ON SUNDAY.  EXPECTING
SHOWERS OVER MOST OF ANC AOR ON SUNDAY AND LINGERING INTO MONDAY
MORNING FOR PWS AND POINTS EASTWARD.  NAM AND GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT
ON THE SYNOPTIC DETAILS.  CAPE VALUES OUT OF THE NAM ONLY SIGNIFICANT
OVER THE EAGLE TO SLANA AREA.

A SHORT WAVE RIDGE MOVES OVER BRISTOL BAY ON MONDAY...THERE IS OF
COURSE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SUN ACROSS THE AK PEN...ENJOY BEFORE
THE NEXT SYSTEM REACHES YOU ON TUESDAY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S EAST OF THE AK RANGE MOSTLY IN THE
50S TO THE WEST AS THE COOLER BERING AIR IS ADVECTED INLAND.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...PKZ176
FIRE WEATHER...NONE