Small Craft Advisory 924, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
130 PM AST THU NOV 10 2005

.DISCUSSION...
THERE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ETA AND GFS SOLUTION THIS
MORNING.

UPPER AIR...THE MAIN UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA
WILL MOVE EAST AND WILL WEAKEN OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA FRIDAY NIGHT.
ANOTHER DEVELOPING UPPER LOW NEAR GALENA WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR TONIGHT AND WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVE OVER THE AK
PEN FRIDAY AND WILL DRIFT EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA
SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR
THROUGH TONIGHT.

AT THE SURFACE...
THE MAIN LOW OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL BEGIN TO SPLIT INTO TWO
SEPARATE LOWS TONIGHT. ONE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN GULF AND WILL
SLOWLY WEAKEN TO 1000 MB SATURDAY WHILE THE OTHER MOVES INTO
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FRIDAY AND WILL DISSIPATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE RIDGE
OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY THEN WILL
WEAKEN A BIT OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA SUNDAY. AN AREA OF SNOW
SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TONIGHT.

THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER EASTERN BERING SEA AND WESTERN
ALASKA WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN OVER THE TWO DAYS. GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST COAST AND THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA
AND THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL GRADUAL DIMINISH THROUGH TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
GUSTY WINDS BLOWING THROUGH THE CHANNELED TERRAIN ALONG THE CENTRAL
GULF COAST ALSO SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE GUSTY WINDS
BLOWING THROUGH KODIAK WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT THOUGH THEY MAY CONTINUE
INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALES 132, 150, 155, 160, 176, 179, 180, 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

NM NOV 05