Small Craft Advisory 916, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM AST TUE NOV 8 2005

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD TROUGH WILL DIG SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN BERING SEA THE NEXT
FEW DAYS AND BY WEDNESDAY MOVE OVER THE MAINLAND PORTION OF ALASKA
REMAIN THERE WILL INTO THE WEEKEND. WEDNESDAY THE JET STREAM WILL
HAVE A MAXIMUM OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS AND THEN REMAIN WELL SOUTH
OF THE FORECAST AREA AS IT FLOWS AROUND THE COLD TROUGH.

AT THE SURFACE THE COMPLEX LOW STRETCHING FROM SOUTH OF THE ALASKA
PENINSULA IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA INTENSIFY AND BE CENTERED
JUST SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THAN COUPLED WITH
THE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE WESTERN BERING AND ALEUTIANS WILL
SET UP SOME PRETTY GOOD GRADIENT WINDS ALONG WITH SOME COLD ADVECTION
OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN BERING SEA AND ACROSS THE ALASKA PENINSULA.
MAX GALES AND STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS FOR
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

WITH THE LOW MOVING INTO THE EASTERN GULF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG MUCH
OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND KODIAK TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH EXPECTED
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...STORMS 155 170 179 185.
         GALES 120 130 132 138 150 160 165 170 172 175 180.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

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