Small Craft Advisory 683, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT SAT AUG 27 2005

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA
TODAY BUT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY AS
A LARGE LOW IN THE BERING SEA MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. THE LOW IN THE
BERING SEA IS THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT IS
CURRENTLY 300 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND AND WILL MOVE
INTO NORTON SOUND BY MONDAY. THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
LOW IS MUCH FARTHER EAST AND IS MOVING INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS
AFTERNOON. IT WILL CONTINUE EAST AND STRETCH FROM KODIAK ISLAND
THROUGH THE TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING RAIN TO MOST OF THE AREA BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WINDS ARE GUSTY FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST ALONG THE GULF OF ALASKA
COAST DUE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE RIDGE COMBINED WITH A LOW JUST WEST
OF THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS. THESE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT
AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE AREAS WEAKENS.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE 155 160 165 170 179 180 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

AUG 05