Small Craft Advisory 606, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT WED AUG 3 2005

.DISCUSSION...
A MODERATE LOW EAST OF KODIAK WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AND MOVE SLOWLY
EASTWARD TO NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND FRI AND THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE
NORTHEASTERN GULF OVER THE WEEKEND.  THE FRONT WITH THIS LOW BROUGHT
GALES TO THE NORTHERN GULF AND SOUTHERN COOK INLET WED WILL STALL
ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST WED NIGHT.  RAIN AND SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST ALONG THE GULF COAST AND INLAND FROM COOK INLET EASTWARD
INTO THU AND THEN SLOWLY FROM THE WEST FRI.

A HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE TO THE
WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA BY FRI AND THEN BUILD NORTH OVER THE WESTERN
AND CENTRAL MAINLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING DRY WEATHER
AND LIGHT WINDS TO MOST OF SOUTHERN ALASKA FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO
NEXT WEEK.

A LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE TO
THE WESTERN BERING SEA FRIDAY. RAIN AND GALES WILL SPREAD OVER THE
WESTERN ALEUTIANS THU AND THU NIGHT AND TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS BY
SAT MORNING AND THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS BUY SUN. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM
WILL SLOW AND STALL AS IT RUNS UP AGAINST THE BLOCKING HIGH OVER THE
GULF OF ALASKA.

CONVECTION IS FAVORED IN THE VICINITY OF THE THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE
WESTERN KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...WESTERN BRISTOL BAY AND THE EASTERN
KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS EVENING IN THE CLEAR AIR JUST WEST OF THE CLOUD
SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF OF ALASKA LOW.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...GALE 176
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

RHH AUG 05