Small Craft Advisory 700, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM ADT SAT SEP 3 2005

.DISCUSSION...
THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE THE FRONT ACROSS THE MAINLAND
AS SUGGESTED IN THE EARLIER RUN. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
SUSITNA VALLEY AND KENAI PENINSULA BY LATE MORNING..EARLY AFTERNOON
TODAY. OTHERWISE, THE BOTH MESA ETA AND GFS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT.

THE 500 MB RIDGE HAS MOVED OVER THE THE KENAI PENINSULA AND THE
COPPER RIVER BASIN AND IS BEGINNING TO FLATTEN AND MOVE EAST INTO
EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA AND ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. THE

THE LOW OVER APPROACHING CAPE NEWENHAM WILL MOVE TO NEAR KODIAK BY
SUNDAY MORNING. THE WEATHER FRONT OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE THOUGH
THE REST OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO  THE SUSITNA
VALLEY AND KENAI PENINSULA TODAY.

MODEL STILL INDICATE A STRONG BAND OF WINDS ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF
THE BERING SEA LOW MOVING INTO THE EASTERN BERING SEA AND EASTERN
ALEUTIANS MOST OF TODAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ON
SUNDAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALES 120..155..170..171..176..179

KB SEP 05