Small Craft Advisory 893, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
200 PM AST WED NOV 2 2005

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER AIR.
A PERSISTENT UPPER LOW OVER THE MAINLAND AND GULF WILL SHEAR WITH THE
GULF PORTION MOVING TO THE EASTERN GULF BY FRI AND ONSHORE OVER THE
WEST COAST OF CANADA BY SUN NIGHT. THE MAINLAND PORTION WILL REMAIN
STATIONARY OVER THE EASTERN MAINLAND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  A FLAT
UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE BERING BY FRI AND MOVE TO THE ALASKA
PENINSULA BY SUN NIGHT.

SURFACE.
A MODERATELY STRONG LOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF
THROUGH FRI AND THEN MOVE OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE BY SUN MORNING.
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ALASKA WED NIGHT THROUGH SAT RESULTING IN STRONG NORTH AND
NORTHWEST WINDS. EXPECT STRONG NORTH AND NORTHWEST GAP WINDS ON THE
ALASKA PENINSULA...KODIAK ISLAND...SOUTHERN COOK INLET...THE WESTERN
NORTH GULF COAST...PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE COPPER RIVER DELTA
BEGINNING WED NIGHT AND THU AND CONTINUING THROUGH SAT.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...GALE 130 132 150 155 165 170 171 179 350 410

RHH NOV 05