Brisk Wind Advisory 170, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
210 PM AST THU NOV 17 2005

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...TROUGH AXIS WILL EXTEND ROUGHLY FROM THE ARCTIC OCEAN
NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY TO NORTON SOUND...BRISTOL BAY AND SOUTH OF
THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS THROUGH THE WEEK END. STRONG LOW
PRESSURE 600 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE EAST OVER FAR
NORTHERN CANADA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. RIDGE OVER SOUTHEASTERN
RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE BUT WILL WEAKEN THROUGH SUNDAY.

SURFACE...LOW PRESSURES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ALASKA
PENINSULA TO KODIAK ISLAND AND THE EASTERN ALASKA THROUGH THE WEEK
END. THE NEXT LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER KODIAK ISLAND FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND TO THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE SATURDAY EVENING. BY
MONDAY...ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE MAY BE NORTHWEST OF KODIAK ISLAND
THEN TRACKING TO THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE ON TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
CONTINUE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA.

NORTH SLOPE...FLURRIES...FOG AND UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE. WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT.

WEST COAST...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE. WINDS WILL INCREASE
FRIDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AS LOWS TRACK NORTHEAST OVER KODIAK
ISLAND. PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT AND MAINLY CONFINED TO THE
SOUTHWEST AS LOWS TRACK TO THE EAST.

INTERIOR...LOWS MOVING NORTHEAST OVER THE KODIAK AREA TO THE
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE WILL PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW AT
TIMES FOR THE CENTRAL TO EASTERN INTERIOR. THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE
WILL HAVE HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. FLOW WILL CHINOOK AT TIMES
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...SO AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE RANGE WILL
HAVE PERIODS OF DRYNESS. WINDS THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BE
GUSTY.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ203.

SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ226.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.
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DA NOV 05