Brisk Wind Advisory 50, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
336 PM AKST FRI FEB 13 2009

.DISCUSSION...
BERING SEA STORM WEAKENING NOW...WITH WARM AIR PUSHING INTO
NORTHWEST ALASKA. RIDGE ALOFT OVER THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE
TITLING EASTWARD NEXT 24 HOURS.

990 MB SURFACE LOW BETWEEN ST LAWRENCE AND MATTHEW ISLAND MOVING
NORTHEAST TO EAST OF BARROW BY SAT AFTERNOON...THO SOME RESIDUAL
LOW PERSISTING S OF THE BROOKS RANGE. SHARP FRONTAL BOUNDARY
PRESENTLY ALONG ABOUT 168W WILL DRIFT EAST BUT LIKELY WEAKEN SOME.
NEXT STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA SAT PM...AND THEN
TAKING A TRACK FARTHER EAST THAN THE CURRENT STORM...PROBABLY
TRACKING NORTH ALONG ABOUT 159W. THIS WILL RESULT IN A COLDER
STORM FOR SEWARD PEN.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON BASIC FEATURES THRU THE WEEKEND AND ON
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MID-RANGE LOOKS TO CONTINUE FAIRLY
ACTIVE...PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE REGION.

NORTH SLOPE...ADVISORIES FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR WESTERN
COASTAL ZONES...AS WINDS NOT QUITE UP TO BLIZ LEVELS. DOWNSLOPE OF
THE BROOKS RANGE HAS LIMITED SNOWFALL OVER ZONE 205...HENCE WSW
CNCLD. GAP FLOW WINDS THRU EASTERN BROOKS RANGE WARRANTS CONTINUED
ADVISORY FOR ZONE 206.

WEST COAST...WARNINGS/ADVISORY ENDING MORE OR LESS SOUTH TO
NORTH...WITH KOTZEBUE HANGING ON DUE TO LOCAL ENHANCEMENT. NEXT
STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW BACK INTO SOUTHERN ZONES LATE SAT NIGHT AND
SUNDAY AND ANOTHER ROUND OF ADVISORIES LIKELY.

INTERIOR...GAP FLOW WINDS THRU THE USUAL ALASKA RANGE PASSES
CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT SHOULD SLACKEN TOMORROW AS FLOW ALOFT BECOMES
MORE SWLY. MOST AREAS FAIRLY MILD THROUGH SE INTERIOR WILL HAVE
ONE MORE COLD NIGHT AS RIDGE HOLDS ON.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ209.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ206-AKZ213-AKZ216-
AKZ217.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-
PKZ235.
&&

RT FEB 09