Brisk Wind Advisory 63, NWS Anchorage, AK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM AKDT SUN MAY 2 2010

WEATHER PATTERN DEVELOPING AS PROMISED THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. HIGH
PRESSURE FORMING AND EXPANDING NORTHWARD OUT IN THE EASTERN BERING
WILL DRIFT A LITTLE TO THE EAST AND THEN TO BECOME STATIONARY WITH
THE AXIS NEAR AND SLONG 165W. THIS HIGH WILL EFFECTIVLY BLOCK ANY
EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIAN FRONT BEYOND THE ADAK ATTKA
AREA. THE ASOCIATED GALE FORCE WINDS, IN AN EVER NARROWING AREA, ARE
STILL LIKELY FROM 175W TO 180 UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON.

WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT SNOW FROM KODIAK ISLAND (PAKH) NORTHWEST TO
BRITOL BAY AND ACROSS THE YUKON KUSKOKWIM DELTA ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER
TROF. TROF WILL SOUTHEAST AND SNOW WILL END FROM THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY
NIGHT.

EASTERLY FLOW ON NORTH SIDE OF GULF SYSTEM SPREADING CLOUDS RAIN AND
SNOW, WHICH EXTEND FROM THE NORTH GULF COAST TO THE TANANA VALLEY,
WESTWARD. WEAK ECHOES HAVE SHOWN UP IN THE SUSITNA VALLEY WITH SNOW
AT CANTWELL AND SHEEP MOUNTAIN. COOK INLET AREA FROM WILLOW TO KODIAK
SITTING IN THE CLEAR ZONE MOST OF SUNDAY. SUNDAYS EASTERLY FLOW
BECOMES NORTHEAST SUNDAY EVENING, AS THE GULF LOW PULLS EASTWARD.
THEREFORE, THESE CLEAR AREAS WILL SEE AT THE LEAST AN INCREASE IN THE
CLOUDS AND EVEN A CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS. THIS WILL ALL BE MOVED OUT
BY MONDAY MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES OVER.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...
MARINE...
FIRE WEATHER...

PERCY MAY 10