Small Craft Advisory 298, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
400 PM ADT WED MAR 28 2007

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER SUNNY DAY OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN ALASKA. THE OLD
LOW IN THE GULF HAS PULLED SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF
ALASKA AND CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST.
THIS HAS PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST WITH GUSTS
OVER 60 THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. WHITTIER ALSO HAD A GUST OVER 50 MPH.
THESE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH SOME OVERNIGHT AND THEN REALLY EASE UP
THURSDAY. SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
HIGH PRESSURE AND REMAIN GENERALLY SUNNY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

A WEAKENING FRONT IN IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA THIS AFTERNOON. THE
KUSKOKWIM DELTA COULD SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT WITH THIS FRONT
BUT IS SHOULD BRING ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER TO AREAS EAST OF
THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA.

THE BIG WEATHER WILL BE CONTAINED TO THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALEUTIAN
ISLANDS. A 975 MB LOW SOUTH OF ATTU WILL MOVE TO NEAR ATTU TOMORROW
AT AROUND 960 MB AND THEN WEAKEN BACK TO 975 MB FRIDAY WELL NORTH OF
ATTU. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TOMORROW FOR ZONES 187 AND
191 WITH THIS SYSTEM. WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 75 MPH IN THOSE AREAS.
WITH THE RIDGE HOLDING FIRM IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA
THE LOW TRACK WILL BRING ANOTHER LOW...ALTHOUGH A WEAKER
ONE...THROUGH THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WATCH 187 191.
MARINE...GALE 170 176 179 185.
         STORM 172 175
         HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY 121 130 138 150 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

MAR 07