Small Craft Advisory 731, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM ADT TUE SEP 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...
THE STORM TRACK WILL PERSIST OVER THE BERING SEA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. A WEAK LOW IN THE NORTHWESTERN BERING WILL REMAIN STATIONARY
AND DISSIPATE BY WED AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL MOVE
ONSHORE OVER THE SOUTHWEST COAST TUE AFTERNOON AND WEAKEN OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AND THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA WED. A STRONG LOW WILL MOVE
FROM THE WESTERN PACIFIC TO NEAR AMCHITKA BY WED MORNING AND TO NEAR
ST MATTHEW ISLAND BY THU MORNING. THE FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW
WILL MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE SOUTHWEST COAST WED NIGHT AND REACH SOUTH
CENTRAL ON THU AND THE COPPER RIVER BASIN ON FRI.

RAINY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL PERSIST OVER THE BERING SEA AND ADJACENT
COASTAL AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY.  RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER THE SOUTHWEST
MAINLAND WEST OF THE ALASKA RANGE TUE NIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF SOME
RAIN REACHING SOUTH CENTRAL WED. RAIN WITH THE NEXT FRONT WILL SPREAD
OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR EARLY THU AND TO SOUTH CENTRAL BY LATE
THU.

RAIN OVER THE COPPER RIVER BASIN WILL END FROM THE WEST TODAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...STORM 170
         GALE 155 160 165 172 175 176 179 180 185 171

RHH SEP 05