Small Craft Advisory 603, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT TUE AUG 2 2005

.DISCUSSION...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL MOVE INLAND AND
DISSIPATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A 995 MB LOW 360 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY
WILL WEAKEN TO 1007 MB 60 NM SOUTH OF SEWARD THU AFTERNOON. THE
OCCLUDED FRONT ACROSS KODIAK AND THE CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE
INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT AND WILL DISSIPATE INLAND
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

RAIN OVER THE GULF WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE KENAI PENINSULA AND
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TONIGHT AND WILL BECOME SHOWERS WEDNESDAY. THE
RAIN WILL NOT PENETRATE VERY FAR INTO THE SOUTHCENTRAL INTERIOR BUT
THE SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY.

CLOUDS AND COOLER AIR MOVING INTO THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF BRISTOL BAY
AND THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA WILL STABILIZE CONDITIONS A BIT BUT THERE
WILL BE SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND
THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.

THE WEAK LOW SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST AND WEAKEN. A RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE ALEUTIANS TONIGHT AND
WILL PERSIST OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS THROUGH

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

NM AUG 05