Small Craft Advisory 666, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT FRI JUL 28 2006

.DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA AND THE YUKON TERRITORY WILL
BREAKDOWN AS UPPER LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA MOVES
INTO NORTHWEST ALASKA SATURDAY THEN BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY NORTH
OF THE CHUKCHI SEA SUNDAY. ANOTHER UPPER LOW OVER THE RUSSIAN FAR
EAST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN BERING SEA SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL
MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR SUNDAY.

AT THE SURFACE...THE MODERATE LOW OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA WILL
WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHWEST ALASKA SATURDAY. A WEATHER FRONT
WHICH IS PARTIALLY WRAPPED AROUND THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE YUKON
AND KUSKOKWIM DELTA TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY SATURDAY
AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL INTERIOR SATURDAY NIGHT.

THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL KEEP SOUTHWEST ALASKA CLOUDY THROUGH SUNDAY.
LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS  WILL MOVE INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND INLAND
PORTIONS OF THE BRISTOL BAY ZONES TONIGHT AND INTO THE KUSKOKWIM
VALLEY SATURDAY. SHOWERS WILL PERSIST OVER MOST OF SOUTHWESWT ALASKA
THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE SKIES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA WILL BECOME MORE CLOUDY LATE
TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY OVER THE SUSITNA
VALLEY AND THE COPPER RIVER BASIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AND MAY CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN
SUNDAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WARNING 180 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

NM JUL 06