Small Craft Advisory 348, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
400 PM ADT SUN APR 16 2006

.DISCUSSION...LARGE LOW IN THE BERING SEA IS THE MAIN WEATHER MAKER
TODAY...AND WILL BE AGAIN TOMORROW. THIS 970 MB LOW IS CURRENTLY NEAR
THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THE FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH IT EXTENDS ALONG THE
KUSKOKWIM DELTA THROUGH KODIAK ISLAND AND IS BRINGING SNOW TO ALL
THESE AREAS. THIS LOW WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TUESDAY AND SLOWLY
WEAKEN.

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXISTED EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA COAST BUT CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SOME. THE MOVEMENT OF THE
FRONT HAS BEEN SLOW ALONG THE BERING SEA COAST AS THE LOW UNDERCUTS
THE AREA AND STALLS THE FRONT OVER BRISTOL BAY AND THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR ZONES 155 AND
161 AS A RESULT.

HIGH WINDS WARNINGS CONTINUE IN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIAN
ZONES. THESE WINDS MAY INCREASE SOME THIS EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES
SOUTHEAST AND THE TIGHTEST PART OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT...NOW OVER
THE BERING SEA...MOVES OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING 185 187.
MARINE...GALES AND STORMS...EVERYWHERE EXCEPT 121 125 140 AND 141.
         HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

APR 06