High Wind Warning 10, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK72 PAFG 070810
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1110 PM AST WED DEC 6 2006

AKZ213-070915-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-061207T1400Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
1110 PM AST WED DEC 6 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE. 

$$
RT DEC 06

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
222 PM AST WED DEC 6 2006

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR: LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL
DISSIPATE THU AS A STRONGER 491 DM LOW MOVES EAST OVER THE EASTERN
ALEUTIANS THU EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN
THE LOW AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER CANADA. BY SAT ALL OF NORTHERN
ALASKA WILL BE UNDER A SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH
OF COLD BAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL WEAKEN ON SUN.

SURFACE: A 997 MB LOW 260 MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. A COLD FRONT TRAILING THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST AND ON THU WILL EXTEND FROM THE BERING STRAIT TO THE
EASTERN BROOKS RANGE. AN OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE
INTERIOR TONIGHT AND LIFT OVER THE COLD FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN
INTERIOR.

HIGH PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA AND LOW PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS TO THE GULF OF ALASKA OR THE WEST COAST WILL
BE THE GENERAL WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A 965 MB LOW
350 MILES SOUTH OF KODIAK WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND DISSIPATE OVER
THE GULF OF ALASKA THU EVENING. ANOTHER LOW WILL REACH 962 MB OVER
THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS THU EVENING THEN MOVE NORTHEAST TO NUNIVAK
ISLAND AS A 973 MB LOW BY SUN EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA
WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO STRENGTHEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE
LOW AND EASTERN RUSSIA. A THIRD LOW WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE GULF
SUN EVENING. A FOURTH LOW MAY FOLLOW THE SAME PATH AND ARRIVE INTO
THE NORTHERN GULF ON WED.

NORTH SLOPE: LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL END TONIGHT AS LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. WINDS WILL
BECOME INCREASINGLY EASTERLY THU THROUGH SAT AS HIGH BUILDS OVER
THE ARCTIC AND LOW STRENGTHENS OVER THE ALEUTIANS. SNOW WILL BE
LIGHT WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS LESS THAN ONE INCH FROM BARROW WEST.

WEST COAST: STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CHUKCHI
SEA AND NORTHERN BERING SEA THROUGH SAT. AN OCCLUDED FRONT MOVING
NORTH WILL LIKELY BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO MOST OF THE WEST COAST
THU THROUGH FRI. ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OVER
ZONE 217 AS MOISTURE FROM THE OCCLUSION LIFTS INTO THE BROOKS
RANGE.

INTERIOR: AN OCCLUSION MOVING NORTH WILL GIVE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF AROUND AN INCH FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHERN TO WESTERN INTERIOR
AND BROOKS RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE
SOUTHEAST INTERIOR IS BEGINNING TO WEAKEN WITH WINDS AT DELTA
BELOW 30 KT AT 130 PM. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS
EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR
ON FRI AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OF COLD BAY.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS
OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA AND NORTHERN BERING SEA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SAT. WINDS MAY BECOME EVEN STRONGER FRI NIGHT AND SAT AS LOW
PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OF COLD BAY. THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND IS NOT
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE COASTAL HAZARDS FOR NORTHERN ALASKA.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ225.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ230.
&&

DA DEC 06