Gale Warning 24, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
540 AM AST THU MAR 8 2007

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...
COLD TROUGH ALOFT OVER NORTHERN ALASKA WILL PERSIST
INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. COLD AIR ALOFT WILL
BE REINFORCED BY ANOTHER COLD SURGE FROM THE NORTH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY
CHANGE IN THIS REGIME FOR THE NEXT WEEK TO 10 DAYS...
WITH BOTH GFS AND ECMWF MODELS INDICATING CONTINUATION
OF THIS COLD PATTERN.

SURFACE...
SHORT RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS AGREE. TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER THE WEST COAST WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY... THEN
BEGIN TO OPEN UP SLOWLY.

A MODERATELY TIGHT GRADIENT ACROSS THE ALASKA
RANGE WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. THE STRONGEST
WINDS IN ZONE 225 WILL LIKELY BE IN THE PASS
JUST NORTH OF CANTWELL. CANTWELL WAS REPORTING NORTHEAST
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT WEDNESDAY EVENING.

IN ZONE 226...THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE IN AREAS
NEAR SUMMIT LAKE...WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY PRONE TO
STRONG NORTH WINDS WHEN THERE ARE LARGE PRESSURE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GULKANA AND BIG DELTA.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ208-AKZ210-
AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ225-AKZ226.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225.
&&

RF MAR 07