Gale Warning 87, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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FZAK52 PAFG 171151
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NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
351 AM ADT MON OCT 17 2005

NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM

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

PKZ299-180300-
351 AM ADT MON OCT 17 2005

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 985 MB LOW SOUTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE
MONDAY. A 963 MB LOW WILL MOVE FROM A POSITION MONDAY MORNING
150 NM S OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND TO NORTON SOUND MONDAY NIGHT.
IT WILL MOVE OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA TUE MORNING AND WEAKEN
TO 972 MB. THE LOW WILL MOVE OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA TUE AFTERNOON. 

$$

PKZ200-180300-
NORTON SOUND-
351 AM ADT MON OCT 17 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT BECOMING W. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT.
RAIN.
.TUE...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW.
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. RAIN AND
SNOW. 
.WED...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-180300-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
351 AM ADT MON OCT 17 2005

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...NW WINDS 40 KT INCREASING TO W 50 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SEAS 14 FT BUILDING TO 20 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN.
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT TUE MORNING. SEAS
22 FT. RAIN. 
.TUE...W WINDS 35 KT BECOMING S 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW.
.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.THU...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-180300-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
351 AM ADT MON OCT 17 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.
.WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT.
.THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-180300-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
351 AM ADT MON OCT 17 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN.
.TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT.
.WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT.  

$$

MAR/DJH OCT 05

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
238 PM ADT SUN OCT 16 2005

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR...TROUGH ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST WILL BE ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH
OF THE ARCTIC COAST ON MONDAY THEN ABOUT 400 MILES NORTH ON
TUESDAY. ANOTHER TROUGH WILL SWEEP EASTWARD FROM THE BERING SEA
AND WILL EXTEND FROM EASTERN RUSSIA TO A CLOSED LOW OVER SOUTHWEST
ALASKA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM THE
CHUKCHI SEA TO THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE AND SOUTHEAST INTO THE
GULF OF ALASKA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ON WEDNESDAY THE TROUGH WILL BE
NORTH AND EAST OF THE STATE.

SURFACE...A 989 MB LOW 1000 MILES EAST OF COLD BAY WILL MOVE EAST
INTO CANADA TONIGHT. A WEAKENING FRONT MOVING EAST OF THE SOUNDS
WILL STALL OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT. A BERING SEA LOW
MOVING EAST WILL BE 970 MB OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH AND BE 980 MB NEAR CAPE LISBURNE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE INTERIOR
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER LOW WILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST
ALASKA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

NORTH SLOPE...WINDS WILL BE MODERATE OR BRISK THROUGH TUESDAY AS
PRESSURE CONTINUES LOW OVER THE INTERIOR AND HIGH OVER THE ARCTIC
OCEAN. FLURRIES...FOG...AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST.

WEST COAST...LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST OVER THE BERING SEA TO
SOUTHWEST ALASKA TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL CAUSE LOCALLY STRONG
WINDS AND CHANCES OF RAIN OR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AFTER THE LOW
MOVES OFF TO THE NORTH...COLDER AIR WILL COME IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST.

INTERIOR...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING WARMER AND MOIST AIR TO MUCH OF
THE INTERIOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. MOST OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL
HAVE PRECIPITATION BLOCKED BY THE ALASKA RANGE. COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES NORTHEAST
OVER THE INTERIOR. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY. ANOTHER CHINOOK WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ219.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ209.

WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ212-AKZ215.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-
PKZ240.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.
&&

DA OCT 05