Small Craft Advisory 260, NWS Anchorage, AK

SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
152 PM AKDT SAT MAR 29 2014

UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DISSOLVE AND EDGE ITS WAY OVER TO
THE YUKON. THIS HAS ALLOWED A VERY WEAK TROUGH TO ENTER THE WEST
AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR. ONLY NOTICEABLE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH IT
IS AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA WITH
SOME VARYING MID AND HIGHER CLOUDS A LITTLE FATHER TO THE EAST.
THE CENTER OF THIS FEATURE MOVES NORTH NORTHWEST ACROSS THE
SEWARD PENINSULA WITH A WEAK AXIS LYING SOUTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN
GULF OF ALASKA. ANY PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO THE
FAIRBANKS AREAS.

EASTERN BERING FRONT CONTINUES TO WASHOUT AND ONLY SIGNIFIES THE
AXIS OF A VERY WEAK UPPER TROUGH WHILE AT THE SURFACE IT MARKS THE
BOUNDRY BETWEEN THE BRISK NORTHWESTERLYS NOW BLOWING ACROSS THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA AND THE CALMER MORE
VARIABLE CONDITION TO THE EAST.

THE CIRCULATION SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK APPEARS TO HAVE PUSHED A FEW
SHOWERS VERY CLOSE TO THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE ISLAND. OTHERWISE
ONLY VARING AMOUNTS OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED AT THE STATE AIRPORT. THE REMINANTS OF THIS MOISTURE WILL
MAVE OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST SATURDAY NIGHT.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE GOES, AT 1 PM, SHOWS THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE
CIRUS SHEILD ADVANCING NORTHWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL
ALEUTIANS. WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND
CENTRAL ALUETIANS THIS EVENING WHILE CONDITIONS BECOME LIGHT AND
VARIABLE OVER THE FOX ISLANDS. AS THE LOW CENTER CONTINUES TO
DEEPEN AND MOVE NORTHWARD TOWARD AMCHITKA GALES WILL ARRIVE IN
THE ADAK ATTKA AREAS TOWARD THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. STORMS STILL LOOK
GOOD OUT THERE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.
GALES AND STORMS ALONG AN INADVANCE OF THE FRONT EXPAND NORTHWARD
OVER THE SOUTHERN BERING AND EASTWARD TO NIKOLSKI LATE SUNDAY
MORNING. SINCE THE STORM CENTER MOVES TO THE AMCHITKA AND KISKA
ISLAND AREA THE FRONT WILL SLOLOWY WEAKEN AS IT PRESSES EASTWARD.
GALES ARE LIKELY FOR THE GREATER DUTCH HARBOR AREA AND MAYBE, THE
ALASKA PENINSULA SUNDAY EVENING.

BY MONDAY AFTERNOON SOME LIGHT RAIN WILL REACH WESTERN KODIAK
ISLAND WHILE BRISTOL BAY HAS JUST A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW.
THE ENIRE SYSTEM PUSHES MORE RAPIDLY EASTWARD ALONG 53N. THIS
WILL BRING RAIN TO KODIAK ALONG WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR LIGHT
RAIN OR SNOW ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS WESTERN ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND EXPAND
EAST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN ALASKA TOWARD THURSDAY FOR SUNNY DRY
CONDITIONS THAT MAY POSSIBLY LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE
ALEUTIANS WILL BE OCCASINALY WET NEXT WEEK BUT WINDS WONT BE TOO
SIGNIFICANT AS ANY GALES STAY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE CHAIN.

 .ALU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL
10 AM AKDT SUNDAY FOR AKZ191.

GALE WARNING FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR AKZ191.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR AKZ185-
195.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM AKDT SUNDAY
FOR AKZ187.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR AKZ187.

GALE WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM AKDT SUNDAY FOR
AKZ187.

GALE WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR AKZ187.

HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR AKZ187.

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