Small Craft Advisory 761, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
200 PM ADT FRI SEP 23 2005

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG LOW OVER THE BERING STRAIT WILL PERSIST AND
SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH SUNDAY.  MODERATE TO STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WIND ACROSS THE BERING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HIGH TIDES ALONG THE
KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST TONIGHT AND SAT. WATER LEVELS IN THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS ON THU AND FRI BUT WILL STILL BE NEAR
MAXIMUM ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE LEVELS THROUGH SAT.

A STRONG SHORT WAVE NEAR KODIAK WILL MOVE UP COOK INLET EARLY
TONIGHT.  THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO BRING ABOUT SIX HOURS OF MODERATE
TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO COOK INLET AND THE MAT-SU VALLEY AND BRISK
SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH.  RAIN WILL END FROM THE
SOUTHWEST NEAR MIDNIGHT.  STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS DRAINING THE
TALKEETNA AND CHUGACH MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR BANK
FULL OVERNIGHT.

THE AIR FLOW WILL CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE WEEKEND SO THE
OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEKEND IS FOR CONTINUED CLOUDY AND SHOWERY WEATHER
TO PERSIST OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN ALASKA.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR ZONE 155
MARINE...GALE 120 130 132 138 140 150 160 165 180 170 172 175 176 185
 410 350

RHH SEP 05