Small Craft Advisory 259, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM ADT SAT MAR 17 2007

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER LEVEL PATTERN REMAINS STABLE THROUGH AT LEAST 72 HOURS. CUT
OFF LOW CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN ALASKA. CUT OF LOW IN NORTHWESTERN
BERING SEA. CUT OFF HIGHS OVER SIBERIA AND THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST.

AT THE SURFACE...MULTIPLE SMALL LOW CENTERS CONTINUE TO TRAVERSE THE
GULF OF ALASKA. COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER MAINLAND
ALASKA AND THE NORTHERN BERING SEA. ON LARGE LOW SOUTH OF THE
WESTERN ALEUTIANS TODAY WILL DISSIPATE SAT EVENING...ONLY TO BE
REPLACED BY A SIMILAR SYSTEM SUN NIGHT.

CONTINUED CLEAR AND COLD OVER THE MAINLAND. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS IN THE BERING AND ALONG THE BERING COAST EAST OF SEGUAM
ISLAND. SE WIND 30 TO 50 KT AND MIXED PRECIP ALONG THE ALEUTIANS
WEST OF SEGUAM ISLAND.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...SPRAY 130
         GALE  172 175
         STORM 176
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

ASB MAR 07