Gale Warning 123, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
534 AM AST SUN DEC 25 2005

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT... RIDGE EXTENDING FROM CANADA WEST OVER NORTHERN ALASKA
WILL PERSIST INTO MID WEEK. LOW PRESSURE CENTERED 400 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
MONDAY THEN WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE OVER FAR EASTERN RUSSIA AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND
AREA TO BERING STRAIT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE
WILL TRACK EAST ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ALEUTIANS AND SHOULD
MAKE IT TO THE GULF OF ALASKA ON TUESDAY. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY
WEAKEN OVER THE NORTHERN GULF INTO MIDWEEK. ANOTHER LOW WILL
ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW THE SAME COURSE EASTWARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THE ALEUTIANS BUT WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY SOUTHWEST OF COLD BAY
ON THURSDAY.

SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE EAST
DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH UPPER LEVEL LOW...THROUGH TUESDAY. THE LOW
WILL WEAKEN OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA ON WEDNESDAY AND
DISSIPATE BY THURSDAY. ANOTHER LOW WILL FOLLOW MUCH THE SAME PATH
BUT WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY SOUTH OF COLD BAY ON THURSDAY. LOW
PRESSURE 500 MILES WEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL WEAKEN BUT MAY LAST
THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER RUSSIA WILL BUILD RIDGE
EASTWARD TO OVER WRANGEL ISLAND BY TUESDAY.

NORTH SLOPE...FLURRIES AND PATCHY FOG WILL BE THE WEATHER FOR A
FEW DAYS AT LEAST. NORTHEAST WINDS OVER CAPE LISBURNE WILL
RISE THROUGH MONDAY BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS.

WEST COAST...INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS MAY REACH WARNING LEVELS
OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO END
UP A PROBLEM BEFORE IT IS OVER WITH BUT FOR NOW THE WATCH IS JUST FOR
HIGH WINDS. ANY SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BE JUST FLURRIES.

INTERIOR...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS.
DENSE FOG OVER ZONE 224 SHOULD END BY 11 AM. DRY WEATHER IS
EXPECTED INTO MID WEEK.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ213.

DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR AKZ224.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.
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DA DEC 05