Small Craft Advisory 553, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
300 PM ADT MON JUL 11 2005

.DISCUSSION...
ALASKA IS UNDER A DUAL STORM TRACK PATTERN... A NORTHERN TRACK
AFFECTING THE ARCTIC AND NORTHERN ALASKA AND A SOUTHERN TRACK ALONG
THE ALEUTIANS AND INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA.  THE DUAL STORM TRACK
PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALL WEEK.

A VERY WEAK LOW WILL FORM NEAR ADAK THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE TO SAND
POINT BY TUE AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE TO THE CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA
WEDNESDAY.  CLOUDS AND AREAS OF RAIN WILL SPREAD TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA
AND KODIAK ISLAND TONIGHT AND THEN TO SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

A SECOND WEAK LOW SOUTHWEST OF ATTU TODAY WILL MOVE TO NEAR AMCHITKA
WEDNESDAY AND TO SOUTH OF UNALASKA THU AND TO NEAR COLD BAY BY FRI.
THIS LOW WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF CLOUDS AND AREAS OF RAIN TO THE
ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WESTERN BERING LATE THU
AND MOVE TO THE CENTRAL BERING FRI.

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

RHH JUL 05