Small Craft Advisory 769, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
1200 PM ADT SUN SEP 25 2005

.DISCUSSION...

LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN BERING SEA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. HOWEVER
RESULTING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER SOUTHERN MAINLAND KEEPS SHOWERS IN
FORECAST AREA UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SOME SHOWERS COULD BE
MODERATE IN STRENGTH WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND .25 INCH LOCALLY.

LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF WESTERN ALEUTIANS MOVES EAST AND DEEPENS TO
979MB BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN
MONDAY NIGHT TO AROUND 970 MB AND MOVE OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA.
STORM FORCE WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
WESTERN AND NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA AS WELL AS SHELIKOF STRAIT AND
THE WATERS SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND STARTING MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW
WILL HAVE A WIDE REACHING EFFECT ON ALASKA WITH WINDS EXTENDING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE TUESDAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE..140 160 165 155 170 172
         STORM..150 132 138 130 120

JWP SEP 05