Small Craft Advisory 693, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
1235 PM ADT WED AUG 31 2005

BAND OF CLOUDS SLIDING SE ACROSS THE INTERIOR WILL KEEP SHOWERS GOING
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ALASKA RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE MAIN UPPER LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WHICH WILL ALLOW HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
EASTERN BERING TO BUILD ACROSS THE INTERIOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS
WILL END SHOWER ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR BY FRI MORNING.
FRIDAY LOOKS MOSTLY SUNNY AFTER AREAS OF MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG
WITH WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES.

NEXT STORM ENTERING THE WESTERN BERING TO BRING 20 TO 30 KT WINDS TO
THE BERING AND ALEUTIANS AS IT MOVES EAST. RAIN SHOULD SPREAD TO THE
SOUTHWEST COAST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND TO THE ALASKA RANGE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND BUILDING ACROSS THE BERING
WILL DIRECT THE LOW CENTER SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE ALASKA PENINSULA
SATURDAY NIGHT WHERE IT WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST TO THE WESTERN GULF BY
SUNDAY NIGHT.

ANOTHER FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC WILL WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES
THE PRIBILOFS AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS SUN NIGHT WITH THE MAIN LOW
CENTER STAYING TO THE WEST NEAR 170E. LONGER TERM TRENDS SUGGEST
SEVERAL MORE SYSTEMS FROM THE BERING MOVING INTO INTERIOR ALASKA WITH
A SHORT BREAK BETWEEN EACH..A NORMAL PATTERN FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER.

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

PERCY AUG 05