Gale Warning 880, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
200 PM AST TUE NOV 14 2006

.DISCUSSION...
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THIS MORNINGS 12Z MODEL RUNS...MAJOR RIDGE
IN THE BERING BEGINNING ITS THIRD WEEK...LOW IN THE EASTERN GULF OF
ALASKA PRODUCING PLENTY OF SNOW OVER THE PANHANDLE.

PLENTY OF WIND LAST NIGHT OVER MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL...WINDS
DIMINISHED THIS MORNING AS SURFACE GRADIENT RELAXED.  MODELS HOWEVER
INDICATING INCREASE IN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT THIS EVENING...HENCE
WINDS SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY EVENING.  PLENTY OF
ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS ACROSS THE REGION...SEE SPECIFIC FORECAST
PACKAGE FOR THE DETAILS.

WEEK DISTURBANCE OVER WESTERN ZONES ON TUESDAY SHOULD BE MOVING INTO
BERING THIS AFTERNOON.  MODELS INDICATING AN INCREASE IN THE SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE BRISTOL BAY ZONE (EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING
FROM MCGRATH TO CAPE NEWENHAM)...HENCE SOME WIND FOR THIS ZONE AS
WELL.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...SEE AFTERNOON PACKAGE FOR DETAILS.
MARINE...SEE AFTERNOON PACKAGE FOR DETAILS.

NOV 06