Small Craft Advisory 711, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT MON SEP 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LOW OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO NEAR GALENA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE REMAINS OF THE FRONT THAT BROUGHT RAIN TO SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA
HAS WEAKENED OVER THE COPPER RIVER BASIN AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST
ALASKA TONIGHT.

THE SURFACE 993 MB LOW 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND WILL
MOVE TO 80 MILES NORTH OF BETHEL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL DISSIPATE
OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WEATHER FRONT OVER
BRISTOL BAY AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE INTO THE KUSKOKWIM
VALLEY, THE KENAI PENINSULA AND WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA TONIGHT. THE
INLAND PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN OVER THE LOWER YUKON VALLEY
AND THE TANANA VALLEY WHILE THE REMAINDER MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF
TUESDAY AND INTO SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND THE YUKON TERRITORY TUESDAY
NIGHT.

RAIN OVER THE WESTERN KUSKOKWIM VALLEY WILL MOVE THOUGH THE REST OF
THE ZONE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AREAS OF RAIN WILL PASS THROUGH
KODIAK ISLAND THIS EVENING, BUT A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL
CONCENTRATE MOST OF IT ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE ISLAND.

MORE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE KENAI PENINSULA THIS EVENING
AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE SUSITNA VALLEY, ANCHORAGE AND PRINCE WILLIAM
SOUND TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL BECOME SHOWERS TUESDAY.

A 1009 MB LOW 750 MILES SOUTH OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 330 MILES SOUTH
OF ADAK WEDNESDAY STRENGTHEN TO 990 MB AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA THURSDAY.

GALE FORCE WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...
MARINE...
FIRE WEATHER...

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