FNAK71 PAFC 151939
FWSAER

SPOT FORECAST FOR ALBATROSS BANKS...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1139 AM AKDT FRI MAY 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1058 AKDT ON MAY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THERE IS EXTENSIVE STRATUS DECK IN PLACE OVER THE KODIAK
ISLAND WATERS...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD MVFR CEILINGS. A FRONT ENTERING
THE SOUTHERN GULF IS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH AND WEST BUT WILL NOT REACH THE
ALBTAROSS BANKS. MEANWHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP DOWN INTO
THE GULF FROM THE NORTH. THE COMBINATION OF THIS FEATURE AND THE APPROACHING
FRONT WILL RESULT IN STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY WINDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
COLDER AIR ALOFT WILL PRODUCE MORE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...WHICH WHEN COMBINED
WITH THE STRONGER WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME BREAKS IN THE STRATUS DECK AND
SLOWLY RISING CEILINGS ON SATURDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY.
CEILING HEIGHT......1500 FEET.
WIND................NE 14 KT INCREASING TO N 22 KT TOWARD MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.....5 FEET.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH A FEW BREAKS DEVELOPING BY
                    AFTERNOON. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS.
CEILING HEIGHT......1500 FEET EARLY MORNING RISING TO 2500 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND................N WIND 25 KT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.....5 FEET BUILDING TO 7 FEET BY AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BAINES
REQUESTED BY...MST1 NATE HATFIELD
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20090515.ALBAT.01/AER