Small Craft Advisory 56, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
230 PM ADT FRI AUG 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS ALLOWING A SERIES
OF WEATHER FRONTS TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN ALASKA AND
THE ARCTIC COAST BRINGING WINDS AND RAIN. ONE WEATHER FRONT
FROM POINT LAY SOUTH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT BRINGING
LIGHT RAIN WITH IT.

A SECOND MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT NOW IN THE CENTRAL BERING
SEA WILL MOVE ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA SATURDAY AND
TO THE CENTRAL ARCTIC COAST ON SUNDAY. A WARM FRONT AHEAD
OF THIS NOW OVER THE BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE TO THE WESTERN
ARCTIC COAST SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST
WITH THE WARM FRONT ALONG WITH SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KTS.

WITH THE COLD FRONT...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30-40KT TONIGHT
AND SPREAD EAST JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THIS WILL CAUSE HEAVY
SURF ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT OF ZONE 213 AND SPREAD TO THE COASTS
OF 211 SATURDAY AND 207 NORTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. WE ARE PUTTING OUT HEAVY SURF ADVISORIES FOR THOSE
AREAS. DUE TO THE LACK OF COLD ADVECTION AND BORDERLINE WIND
SPEEDS WE DO NOT THINK COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR, BUT WE
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE AREA FROM NOME WEST FOR ANY
POTENTIAL COASTAL FLOODING SINCE THIS IS THE AREA WITH THE
LONGEST FETCH LENGTH. RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD
FRONT AS WELL.

A RIDGE ALOFT OVER SOUTHERN ALASKA WILL BUILD STRONGLY
OVER NORTHERN ALASKA MONDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
THIS WILL CAUSE A RETURN OF HOT AND DRY WEATHER TO MOST
OF NORTHERN ALASKA EXCEPT THE ARCTIC COAST FOR NEXT WEEK.

.HYDRO...NONE.
.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WATCH 201 SATURDAY
         HIGH SURF ADVISORY 207 NORTH OF KRUSENSTERN SAT AND SUN.
         HIGH SURF ADVISORY 211 SAT AND SUN.
         HIGH SURF ADVISORY 213 TONIGHT THROUGH SUN.

MARINE...SCA 200..SCA 215..SCA 230
         GALE 210..GALE 220..GALE 225

JB AUG 05