Brisk Wind Advisory 24, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
232 PM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...CLOSED LOW OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL MOVE FURTHER WEST OVER
RUSSIA THROUGH SUN. TROUGH FROM LOW WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE
WESTERN INTERIOR BY SAT AFTERNOON. RIDGE WILL BUILD NORTH OUT OF THE
GULF OF ALASKA SAT. AXIS OF RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM THE EASTERN GULF
TO THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY AND TO NEAR KOTZEBUE SOUND LATE SAT
AFTERNOON. THE AXIS WILL BE WELL EAST OF THE ALCAN BORDER SUN
MORNING. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL COVER ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA SAT THEN
WILL DIMINISH OVER THE WEST COAST SUN BUT CONTINUE OVER THE EAST
HALF OF NORTHERN ALASKA INTO MON. LOW PRESSURE WILL ROTATE FROM
SOUTHWEST ALASKA SUN NIGHT TO NORTHEAST ALASKA MON NIGHT.

SURFACE...RAPIDLY WEAKENING LOW WILL MOVE NORTH OF WAINWRIGHT
TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE WELL NORTH OF POINT BARROW BY SAT EVENING.
STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL BE OVER
SOUTHWEST ALASKA BY SUN EVENING THEN OVER BERING STRAIT MON NIGHT.
ANOTHER STRONG LOW WILL FORM OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA SUN
NIGHT THEN MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERIOR MON. PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL TIGHTEN NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST AND EAST TO THE ALASKA RANGE
THROUGH SAT THEN CONTINUE INTO SUN NIGHT.

NORTH SLOPE...SOUTHERLY FLOW SAT THROUGH SUN WILL BRING MUCH
WARMER TEMPERATURES. A CONTINUATION OF THE MILDER WEATHER SHOULD BE
EXPECTED UNTIL MID WEEK. A DECREASE IN CLOUDINESS...FOG...AND
FLURRIES WILL ACCOMPANY THE MILDER TEMPERATURES.

WEST COAST...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT THROUGH
SUN AS STRONG LOW OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS MOVES NORTH. THE
SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT THE
WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BRING RELIEF FROM LOW WIND CHILLS.

INTERIOR...WARMING WILL TAKE PLACE AS HIGH MOVES EAST INTO CANADA
FRI NIGHT TO SAT. DEVELOPING WINDS WILL MIX WARMER AIR TO THE
SURFACE OVER MANY AREAS. WINDS THROUGH PASSES OF THE ALASKA RANGE
WILL BLOW SNOW. LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH OVER THE INTERIOR MON
MAY BRING A ROUND OF SNOW FOR SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN
BROOKS RANGE BUT MAINLY JUST FLURRIES ELSEWHERE OVER THE INTERIOR.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ213-AKZ223.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ221.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ205-AKZ206-
AKZ213.

WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ225-AKZ226.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.
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DA FEB 06