Gale Warning 18, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
258 PM AST FRI JAN 25 2008

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT NOW FROM EAGLE TO DENALI WILL MOVE TO NORTHWAY BY 3AM
SAT AND THEN SOUTH INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. LIGHT SNOW SOUTH OF
THE FRONT WILL END NORTH OF THE FRONT AS CLOUDS CLEAR. WILL SEE
NORTH WINDS 10G20KT ALONG THE FRONT WITH STRONG COLD ADVECTION AND
LOW WIND CHILLS. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT NORTH OF THE FRONT
AS A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILD OVER THE INTERIOR AND INLAND
ARCTIC SLOPE. WILL SEE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES UNDER THIS HIGH.
TEMPS WILL REMAIN VERY COLD THROUGH SUN IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR
AND MAY EVEN INTO MON FOR VALLEYS.

A SURFACE TROUGH FROM BARROW NORTH WILL MOVE TO PRUDHOE NORTH BY
3AM SAT AND TO DEMARCATION NORTH OF 3PM SAT THEN MOVE EAST.
WEST WINDS 15-25KT ALONG EASTERN ARCTIC MAY INCREASE A BIT WITH
THE TROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS IN
EASTERN ARCTIC.

A STRONG WEATHER FRONT IN THE SOUTHWEST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO
THE NORTHERN BERING SAT NIGHT AND TO THE BERING STRAIT TO NORTON
SOUND SUN. THIS WILL BRING SNOW, BLOWING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO
MUCH OF THE WEST COAST SAT NIGHT AND SUN. HAVE ISSUES BLIZ WATCH
FOR ZONES 213 AND 214 AND MAY NEED SOME LATER FOR 211 207 AND 209.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ213-AKZ214.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ210-AKZ213-AKZ217-
AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ224.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ204-AKZ206-AKZ218.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ203.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

JB JAN 08