Small Craft Advisory 83, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM AST THU JAN 26 2006

.DISCUSSION...
THE GFS APPEARS TO HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION THAN THE ETA THIS MORNING.

UPPER AIR...A 500 MB LOW OVER NORTON SOUND WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO
THE KENAI PENINSULA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME NEARLY
STATIONARY NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND THROUGH SATURDAY. AN UPPER RIDGE
WILL BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA THROUGH FRIDAY AND WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE FLOW OF COLD AIR
INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 DAYS.

AT THE SURFACE...THE UPPER WILL RE-ENERGIZE THE WEAK LOW OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF STRENGTHENING IT 987 MB BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
SHOWERS DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

LOCAL GUSTY WINDS BLOWING OUT OF THE GAPS IN THE MOUNTAIN ALONG THE
GULF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL HANG AROUND THE COOK INLET AND THE
MATANUSKA VALLEY FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS. OTHERWISE...SOUTH CENTRAL
ALASKA WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR.

SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLEAR WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
ALONG THE COAST AND FLURRIES INLAND AS THE UPPER LOW PASSES THROUGH
THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR OVER THE
WEEKEND, THOUGH THERE STILL WILL BE A FEW AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND
FOG.

OUT OVER THE BERING SEA, THE DEVELOPING RIDGE WILL FORM A BLOCK WHICH
WILL THE STORMS SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS.

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

*** JAN 06