Small Craft Advisory 696, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT THU SEP 1 2005

.DISCUSSION...
AN WEAK UPPER LOW OVER THE SUSITNA VALLEY WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE
KENAI PENINSULA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA LATE
TONIGHT. AN UPPER RIDGE ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE STATE WILL MOVE
EAST INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA AND THE SUSITNA VALLEY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF AND THE COPPER RIVER
BASIN SATURDAY. WE CAN EXPECT CLOUDS OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR TO
DIMINISH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

A SURFACE LOW OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR
CAPE NEWENHAM SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT OVER THE
CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL MOVE INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REST OF THE SOUTHWEST ALASKA
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND WILL MOVE INTO THE SUSITNA VALLEY AND
KENAI PENINSULA FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL WEAKEN OVER THE COPER RIVER
BASIN AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SATURDAY.

RAIN AND SOME GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
SOUTHWEST ALASKA FRIDAY AND INTO SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA SATURDAY.

GALE FORCE WINDS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE BERING SEA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL MOVE
INTO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE WATERS AROUND THE
ALASKA PENINSULA SATURDAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE 170 AND 185
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

NM SEP 05