Small Craft Advisory 911, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM AST MON NOV 7 2005

.DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER WAVE PATTERN CONTINUES TO REMAIN THE SAME WITH A COLD LOW
CENTERED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ROTATES INTO THE UPPER TROUGH MOVING IN
FROM THE BERING BY WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILD OVER THE BERING
SEA.  HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM SOME WHAT BY THURSDAY.

AT THE SURFACE THE LOW THAT MOVED IN FROM THE NORTHWEST IS NOW
LOCATED NEAR YAKUTAT AT ABOUT 988 MB IT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY
AND DISSIPATE TONIGHT AS A SERIES OF LOWS DEVELOPING ALONG A FRONT
EXTENDING FROM A DEEP LOW ALONG THE ALEUTIANS MOVE INTO THE GULF OF
ALASKA.  THE INTENSE 978 MB LOW OUT WEST IS NEAR NEAR KISKA THIS
MORNING AND WILL MOVE TO JUST SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR BY TUESDAY
MORNING.  THE TIGHT GRADIENT AND COLD ADVECTION BEHIND THIS SYSTEM
ARE EXPECTED TO BRING WINDS OF UP TO 75 MPH THROUGH THE WESTERN
ALEUTIANS TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING 191
MARINE...STORMS 172 175 176.
         GALES 120 129 130 155 160 170 171 179 180 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

NOV 05