High Wind Warning 11, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK72 PAFG 121853
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
953 AM AKST FRI DEC 12 2008

AKZ213-122000-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081213T0000Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
953 AM AKST FRI DEC 12 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR THE BERING STRAIT COAST. SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING
FROM 50 TO 70 MPH HAVE DIMINISHED ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST
AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS ENDED.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
418 AM AKST FRI DEC 12 2008

.DISCUSSION...
THE MOST ACTIVE WEATHER IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE ALONG THE WEST
COAST AS WELL AS THE ARCTIC COAST FROM BARROW WEST.

WEST COAST...A 988 MB LOW JUST WEST OF GULF OF ANADYR WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TODAY. THE OCCLUDED FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LOW WILL PUSH TO THE BERING STRAIT AND Y-K DELTA THIS MORNING AND
WILL RAPIDLY WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IT PUSHES EAST
INTO A RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR. MOST OF THE WEST COAST
ZONES WILL PICK UP 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. THE SNOW IS NOW
ENDING ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND WILL TAPER BACK TO
FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST TODAY AS THE FRONT
PUSHES INLAND. A DEEP CLOSED LOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS
CENTRAL RUSSIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A FAST JET UNDERNEATH
THAT WILL STRETCH FROM EAST ASIA INTO EASTERN RUSSIA. THIS WILL
ALLOW ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS TO PASS TO THE WEST OF THE STATE AND WILL
KEEP A MODERATE TO STRONG SW FLOW ALONG THE WEST COAST WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. A
SYSTEM LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK MAY SEND ANOTHER
OCCLUSION ACROSS THE WEST COAST WITH MORE SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SOME
LIQUID PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST ZONES. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE THIS WEEKEND.

INTERIOR...RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.  A WEAK MID LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN
INTERIOR THIS MORNING WILL LIFT OUT TODAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS
IN FROM THE WEST. THERE IS STILL SOME SEMBLANCE OF A TROUGH AT
LOWER LEVELS WHICH MAY KEEP SOME CLOUDS AROUND...BUT THE GENERAL
TREND TODAY SHOULD BE FOR DECREASING CLOUDS. THE WEST COAST
OCCLUSION WILL BARELY LIMP INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR THIS EVENING
AS IT BECOMES RAGGED AND DISSIPATES TONIGHT. THIS MAY PRODUCE A
LITTLE LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES IN PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR
THIS EVENING. A LARGE UPPER RIDGE THEN EXPANDS ACROSS THE INTERIOR
THIS WEEKEND WITH SOME MILD AIR ALOFT. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS HAVE
850 MB TEMPS UP TO AROUND 0C BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT FAIRBANKS.
THIS WILL SET UP SOME VERY STRONG INVERSIONS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH
TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO CLIMB INTO THE 20S AND PERHAPS EVEN CLOSE
TO FREEZING ON THE HILLS...BUT WILL LIKELY STRUGGLE TO GET MUCH
ABOVE ZERO IN THE VALLEYS.

NORTH SLOPE...THE BERING FRONT WILL PUSH EAST TO THE WESTERN ARCTIC
COAST TODAY WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.  AS THE
UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES ACROSS THE INTERIOR THIS WEEKEND IT WILL BRING
A MUCH MILDER REGIME TO THE ARCTIC COAST WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST LOW
LEVEL FLOW...AND PERHAPS ENOUGH WIND FOR SOME BLOWING SNOW ISSUES.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ211-AKZ213-AKZ214.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235.
&&

CB DEC 08