Gale Warning 88, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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