Brisk Wind Advisory 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
250 PM AST FRI JAN 6 2006

.DISCUSSION...MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN CLOSE AGREEMENT. WEAK
UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MEANDER AROUND IN THE BERING SEA JUST OFF THE
CHUKOTSK PENINSULA THROUGH 60 HOURS. MAIN UPPER LEVEL FLOW IS WELL
SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH A FEW EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES FORECAST
TO TRAVERSE EASTWARD ALONG WITH THE ZONAL FLOW BETWEEN 40
AND 50 DEGREES NORTH THEN CLOSE AND BECOME SITUATED IN THE GULF OF
ALASKA. MODELS FORECASTING THESE SHORT WAVES BREAKING DOWN THE
RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN SITUATED OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY OF CANADA
AND INTO INTERIOR ALASKA. LOWER UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS OVER ALL OF
ALASKA MEANS GRADUAL COOLING AND MAYBE A FEW MORE CLOUDS.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM WRANGEL ISLAND EAST ALONG THE
ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WITH ANOTHER AREA OF HIGH LOCATED OVER THE
YUKON AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES OF CANADA AND EASTERN ALASKA. AN
AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE IS SITUATED ALONG THE WEST COAST.

WIND WILL STILL BE A MINOR ISSUE OVER THE BERING SEA MARINE ZONES
AND THE TANANA VALLEY JET IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WIND DOWN AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS AND PUSHES EAST.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
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JAN 06