Gale Warning 33, NWS Anchorage, AK

403 
FZAK52 PAFC 022005 AAA
CWFALU

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

UPDATED ZONES 155 174 177

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL
BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100
NM OUT.

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST
ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ199-030430-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015
.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA
PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...
A 960 MB LOW 260 NM WEST OF ATTU WILL TRACK OVER THE KAMCHATKA
PENINSULA THIS EVENING. AN ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE
WESTERN BERING SEA WILL STALL OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA THIS
AFTERNOON THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH LATE SAT NIGHT.

$$

PKZ150-030430-
SOUTH OF THE AK PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

.TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. 
.TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT.

$$

PKZ155-030430-
SOUTH OF THE AK PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. W OF
THE SHUMAGIN ISLANDS...NW WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN.
.TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT W OF THE
SHUMAGIN ISLANDS. SEAS 8 FT. 
.SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 17 FT.

$$

PKZ160-030430-
BRISTOL BAY-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

.TODAY...E WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 3 FT.
PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY NEAR THE
COAST. 
.SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY NEAR THE COAST. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT.

$$

PKZ165-030430-
PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

.TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
6 FT. 
.SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.

$$

PKZ170-030430-
CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI BERING SIDE-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TODAY...S WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT W DUTCH HARBOR IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT EXCEPT 15 KT FROM DUTCH HARBOR E. SEAS
7 FT. 
.SAT...SE WIND 25 KT EXCEPT 15 KT FROM DUTCH HARBOR E. SEAS 8 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.MON THROUGH TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.

$$

PKZ171-030430-
UNALASKA BAY-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

.TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...SE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT.

$$

PKZ172-030430-
CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI PACIFIC SIDE-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TODAY...S WIND 20 KT EXCEPT 10 KT FROM DUTCH HARBOR E. SEAS
10 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT EXCEPT 10 KT FROM DUTCH HARBOR E. SEAS
8 FT. 
.SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 16 FT.

$$

PKZ173-030430-
NIKOLSKI TO SEGUAM ISLAND BERING SIDE-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...S WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
11 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT.

$$

PKZ174-030430-
NIKOLSKI TO SEGUAM ISLAND PACIFIC SIDE-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT.
.TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. 
.SAT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
17 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 17 FT. 
.TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT.

$$

PKZ175-030430-
SEGUAM ISLAND TO ADAK BERING SIDE-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. 
.TONIGHT...S WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS
15 FT. RAIN. 
.SAT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
10 FT. RAIN. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT.

$$

PKZ176-030430-
SEGUAM ISLAND TO ADAK PACIFIC SIDE-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. 
.TONIGHT...S WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
23 FT. RAIN. 
.SAT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
19 FT. RAIN. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 20 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 14 FT.

$$

PKZ177-030430-
ADAK TO KISKA-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...STORM WARNING TODAY...

.TODAY...S WIND INCREASING TO 50 KT. SEAS 22 FT. RAIN.
.TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
21 FT. RAIN. 
.SAT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 19 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. 
.MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 17 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT.

$$

PKZ178-030430-
KISKA TO ATTU-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...STORM WARNING TODAY...

.TODAY...S WIND 55 KT BECOMING SW 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
27 FT. RAIN. 
.TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 24 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 21 FT. 
.SUN...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. 
.TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT.

$$

PKZ179-030430-
PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR SHORE WATERS-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.SAT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
13 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT.

$$

PKZ180-030430-
KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND ETOLIN STRAIT-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

.TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY NEAR THE
COAST. 
.TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON THROUGH TUE...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT.

$$

PKZ181-030430-
NORTH AND WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TODAY...SE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS
7 FT. SNOW. 
.TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. 
.SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. 
.MON THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT.

$$

PKZ185-030430-
SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS-
1105 AM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TODAY...E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO
30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND... SE WIND
30 KT IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 45 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND
SNOW. 
.TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN. 
.SAT...S WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
21 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT.

$$

SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
319 PM AKST THU JAN 1 2015

.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS MORNING SHOWS THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN
IN TRANSITION. A GALE FORCE LOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF REALLY
SQUASHED DOWN THE EAST PACIFIC RIDGE WHICH HAD BEEN FIRMLY IN
PLACE OVER THE GULF AND SOUTHCENTRAL A COUPLE DAYS AGO. THIS IS
OPENING THE WAY (TEMPORARILY) FOR MORE PROGRESSIVE FLOW FROM THE
ALEUTIANS TO THE GULF. THE REMNANTS OF THE BERING TROUGH FROM THE
PAST WEEK HAVE LARGELY STALLED OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WITH GENERALLY
WEAK AND FAIRLY CHAOTIC FLOW. MEANWHILE A CUT-OFF HIGH IS
STRENGTHENING TO THE NORTH (OVER THE BEAUFORT AND CHUKCHI SEAS).
SOME OF THE ENERGY TO THE SOUTH IS BEING PULLED NORTHWARD AROUND
THE WEST SIDE OF THIS HIGH WHILE SOME IS BEING PULLED EASTWARD
WITH THE GULF STORM SYSTEM. WITH GENERALLY LIGHT SURFACE FLOW AND
AREAS OF WEAK LIFT ALOFT...AREAS OF FOG AND STRATUS ALONG WITH A
FEW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA. PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE ON THE RISE ACROSS
SOUTHCENTRAL AS THE GULF LOW MOVES CLOSER CAUSING GAP WINDS TO
KICK UP ALONG PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.
LOW LEVEL FLOW INLAND WILL BEGIN TO BECOME MORE UNIFORMLY
NORTHERLY AND STRENGTHEN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WHICH
SHOULD HELP BREAK UP THE EXISTING FOG.

LOOKING UPSTREAM...A COUPLE SHORT-WAVE TROUGHS OVER THE CENTRAL
BERING SEA ARE BEGINNING TO HEAD IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH ONE
CONTINUING EASTWARD ALONG THE ALEUTIANS AND THE OTHER LIFTING
NORTHWARD UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE CUT-OFF HIGH. THE RESULT IS
VERY EVIDENT AT THE SURFACE WITH A VERY ELONGATED AND WEAKENING
FRONT PROGRESSING SLOWLY NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN BERING
SEA.

A VERY PERSISTENT DEEP UPPER TROUGH/CUT-OFF LOW PERSISTS OVER THE
SEA OF OKHOTSK WITH ANOTHER STORM FORCE LOW TRACKING TOWARD THE
WESTERN BERING AND ALEUTIANS.

&&

.MODEL DISCUSSION...
NUMERICAL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITH LARGE SCALE
FEATURES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE ARE SOME MINOR
DIFFERENCES WITH SPLITTING ENERGY OVER THE EASTERN BERING/SOUTHWEST
COAST. BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY THE MORE SOUTHERN WAVE IS MUCH
MORE IMPRESSIVE...SO WILL UP POPS TO CATEGORICAL ALONG THE ALASKA
PENINSULA TONIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THE NORTHERN TROUGH IS ELONGATED
AND UNIMPRESSIVE...STILL THINK PRECIP WILL SURVIVE TO THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA COAST...WITH ALL MODELS SHOWING SOME LIGHT QPF AMOUNTS. THUS...
WILL ALSO UP POPS IN THAT AREA. WHILE THE NORTHERN WAVE EVENTUALLY
GETS OVERTAKEN BY A BUILDING UPSTREAM RIDGE (OUT AHEAD OF THE STRONG
LOW MOVING INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA) THE SOUTHERN TROUGH WILL
SURVIVE INTO THE GULF AND INTERACT WITH THE REMAINING TROUGH AXIS
SITTING OVER SOUTHCENTRAL. MODELS INDICATE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
PRECIP OVER THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH
CONTINUED LOW LEVEL OFFSHORE FLOW MAINTAINING DRY LOW LEVELS...
THE CHALLENGE IS IN DETERMINING WHETHER THERE IS ENOUGH PRECIP
FALLING THROUGH THE LAYER TO REACH THE GROUND. THE INTERACTION IN
THE UPPER LEVELS IS QUITE COMPLEX SO ITS HARD TO SAY WHICH AREA
HAS THE BEST SHOT OF PRECIP. WILL MAINTAIN SOME POPS IN THERE...
BUT CONFIDENCE IS PRETTY LOW. ASIDE FROM THIS CHALLENGE...FORECAST
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.

&&

.SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)...
BASED ON TIMING OF PEAK PRESSURE GRADIENTS AND WEAK LOW LEVEL COLD
AIR ADVECTION GAP WINDS ACROSS PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE NORTH
GULF COAST WILL PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE
IS CONTINUED GRADUAL COOLING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY
FROM THE NORTH AND EAST AS ARCTIC AIR DROPS DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF
THE CUT-OFF HIGH ADVECTING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE YUKON THEN WESTWARD
INTO ALASKA. SO EVEN AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS SLACKEN EXPECT PURE GAP
WINDS TO CONTINUE...THOUGH NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AND WIDESPREAD AS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MEANWHILE...AN SHORT-WAVE RIDGE MOVING
IN BEHIND THE GULF LOW WILL INCREASE UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND SUBSIDENCE
OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA FRIDAY MORNING WHICH WILL ALSO CAUSE GAP
WINDS TO LINGER A LITTLE LONGER NEAR SEWARD AND WHITTIER AS WELL.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF GUSTY
WINDS AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN...PRIMARILY THROUGH MOUNTAIN GAPS
AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE VALLEYS SHOULD DEVELOP A STRONG
ENOUGH SURFACE INVERSION TO KEEP WINDS FROM MIXING DOWN.

THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A QUICK SHOT OF PRECIP FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY ALONG THE GULF COAST/KODIAK ISLAND AS THE TROUGH
FROM THE BERING CROSSES THE GULF. OTHERWISE...THE CUT-OFF UPPER
LEVEL HIGH WILL SINK SOUTHWARD ACROSS MAINLAND ALASKA WITH DRY
AND SEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES SETTLING IN OVER SOUTHCENTRAL
ALASKA AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHWEST ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)...
AS DISCUSSED IN THE MODEL DISCUSSION ABOVE THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA
AND SOUTHERN ALASKA PENINSULA WILL SEE A QUICK SHOT OF PRECIP
WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL WAVES TONIGHT. A BUILDING RIDGE
OVER THE BERING WILL CAUSE PRECIP TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH FRIDAY
MORNING. THE REGION WILL THEN SETTLE INTO A DRY AND COOL REGIME...
WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR SEASONABLE NORMALS FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR.

&&

.SHORT TERM FORECAST BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS (DAYS 1 AND 2)...
THE DEEP TROUGH OVER THE SEA OF OKHOTSK COMBINED WITH A STRONG
SUBTROPICAL JET TO THE SOUTH WILL MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE STORM TRACK
OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA. THE ONE CHANGE WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A STRONG BLOCKING HIGH DOWNSTREAM AS THE BUILDING RIDGE AHEAD
OF THE CURRENT STORM SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA AND
CONNECTS UP WITH THE CUT-OFF HIGH OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. THIS WILL
CAUSE THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM TO STALL OVER THE CENTRAL BERING
LATE FRIDAY AND RAPIDLY WEAKEN SATURDAY AS UPPER LEVEL FORCING
EXITS TO THE NORTH AND THE SURFACE FRONT IS ELONGATES NORTH-SOUTH
FROM THE CHUKCHI SEA SOUTHWARD TO THE NORTH PACIFIC

&&

.LONG TERM FORECAST (DAYS 3 THROUGH 7)...
HIGH PRESSURE THAT HAS MOVED IN OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WILL DRY OUT
THE AREA KEEPING PRECIPITATION ALONG THE GULF COAST AND IN THE
CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALEUTIANS. THE HIGH WILL THEN SLOWLY TRACK
WEST AND MAKE IT OVER NORTHEASTERN RUSSIA BY TUESDAY. THIS WILL
LEAVE NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE STATE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP
PRECIPITATION OUT OF MUCH OF MAINLAND ALASKA INTO WEDNESDAY.
FINALLY A NEW SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF FROM THE SOUTH AND
PUSH PRECIPITATION BACK INTO THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN
PARTS OF THE STATE.

&&

.AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...STORM WARNING 177 178.
 GALE WARNING 120 121 127 128 129 130 131 132 173 174 175 176 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS AND MODEL DISCUSSION...SB
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...SB
SOUTHWEST ALASKA/BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...SB
LONG TERM...DK