Small Craft Advisory 702, NWS Anchorage, AK

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

.DISCUSSION...
A 995 MB LOW NEAR CAPE NEWENHAM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS KODIAK ISLAND SUNDAY MORNING AMD WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN
GULF OF ALASKA SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH 1001 MB CENTER. THE LOW
DISSIPATE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT OVER
KODIAK ISLAND AND THE LOWER COOK INLET WILL SWING INTO THE CENTRAL
GULF TONIGHT AND THE EASTERN GULF SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEN WEAKEN ALONG
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF COAST MONDAY.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WILL PERSIST
THROUGH SUNDAY THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN MONDAY.

MOST OF THE RAIN FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN ALONG THE GULF COAST
THROUGH MONDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 850 MB LEVEL WILL CREATE ENOUGH
DOWNSLOPE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CHUGACH MOUNTAINS TO KEEP ANCHORAGE
AND KENAI IN THE RAIN SHADOW THROUGH SUNDAY. AREAS OF RAIN WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE SUSITNA VALLEY, THOUGH THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN
VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO GET THE MOST.

A 997 MB LOW OVER THE NORTHWESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE INTO THE
CENTRAL BERING SEA AND DEEPEN TO 992 MB MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE WEATHER
FRONT OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL
ALEUTIANS SUNDAY AND THROUGH THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND THE PRIBILOFS
SUNDAY NIGHT AND WILL LIE ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND THE
ALASKA PENINSULA MONDAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALES 120, 155, AND 176
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

NM SEP 05