Gale Warning 278, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
300 AM AST FRI MAR 17 2006

.DISCUSSION...
GFS AND ETA 0Z RUNS IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT ON SYSTEMS OUT WEST THAN
THEY WERE THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.  MAIN SURFACE FEATURE IS LOW IN CENTRAL
BERING WHICH IS PROGED TO SPIN IN SITU AND THEN MERGE WITH SYSTEM
MOVING IN FROM THE WEST.  WEAK SURFACE LOWS IN WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA
UNDERNEATH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.  SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHCENTRAL SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.  REASONABLY GOOD CHANCE
OF OF SNOW SATURDAY IN THE SOUTHWEST AS BANDS FROM BERING SEA LOW
MOVE ONSHORE.

SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER SUNDAY AS BERING AND GULF OF AK LOWS
MERGE UNDERNEATH A FAIRLY STRONG 500 MB TROUGH.  EXPECTING
TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL OR NEAR NORMAL ACROSS
MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS TO RETURN
EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE FORMS OVER THE BERING.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...SEE PACKAGE
MARINE...SEE PACKAGE
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

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