Small Craft Advisory 424, NWS Juneau, AK

4 PM AKDT WED JUL 20 2011

.SYNOPSIS...AT 2300 UTC AN UPPER LOW NEAR DIXON ENTRANCE IS
CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD WHILE A UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE
NORTHEAST GULF OF ALASKA. RAIN AND LOW VISIBILITIES IN SOUTHERN
INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WILL
TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. CLOUDS
SHOULD DECREASE BY MORNING.

MIDDLE AND HIGH CLOUDS HAVE MOVED SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN
PANHANDLE FROM THE YUKON BUT ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AS THE UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS TO THE WEST. ELSWHERE SKIES SHOULD REMAIN CLEAR TO
PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.LONG RANGE...THE RIDGE ALOFT MOVES EAST OF THE PANHANDLE BY FRIDAY
AS ANOTHER UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE GULF. MODELS PROJECT THE TRACK
OF THIS LOW TO BE FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM BUT THE
FOLLOWING RIDGE IS ALSO NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS A STRONGER
TROUGH IS ESTABLISHED IN THE GULF BY THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT TROUGH SHOULD MAINLY AFFECT
THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE OVER THE WEEKEND BUT THEN INCREASE NORTHWARD

AS THE STRONG TROUGH IS ESTABLISHED IN THE GULF.

.AJK...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ041...042.