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SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (Days 1 through 3)

Light rain showers will persist across Southcentral through the end of the week, with the exception of the northern Copper River Basin, which will remain mostly dry. Southerly gap winds are expected to recur on Friday for Turnagain Arm, Knik Arm, and the Copper River Valley. Conditions overnight may become drier for Anchorage, the western Kenai peninsula, and the Mat Valley, though rain showers are expected to return on Friday.

AVIATION

PANC...VFR conditions will prevail through late tonight along with isolated showers in the vicinity of the terminal. Winds this afternoon will be mainly from the southeast and gusty, with gusts approaching 35 mph at times. However, there may be times through mid afternoon that the southeasterly wind diminished and becomes light and variable, result in periods of LLWS as winds aloft remain southeasterly.

Scattered showers are possible overnight into early to mid morning Friday with ceilings falling to MVFR. Although ceilings are expected to lift back to VFR, and eventually to around 5,000 ft, scattered showers will remain around the terminal through Friday evening. Southeasterly winds will diminish overnight into Friday morning, will once again increase by late Friday morning...albeit not to the magnitude expected this afternoon and evening.

-TM