Gale Warning 32, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
148 AM AKST THU FEB 26 2009

.DISCUSSION...

WEAKENING 1000 MB LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST ALASKA INTERIOR
WILL CONTINUE TO FILL RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES TO THE EASTERN
INTERIOR BY LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY
BY THIS AFTERNOON. ASSOCIATED WARNINGS STILL IN EFFECT WILL
EXPIRE AT 9 AM OR 12 NOON TODAY AS THE STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER SOME OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST
AREA DECREASES.

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ZONE 204 TONIGHT
AS HIGH PRESSURE RAPIDLY BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR
AND WESTERN ARCTIC...CREATING A PERIOD OF STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT ALONG THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST.

AN ACTIVE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR
AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK TO 10 DAYS WITH A PARADE OF WEATHER
SYSTEMS MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP IN ZONE 213 TONIGHT AS THE NEXT
STRONG FRONT APPROACHES. BLIZZARD WATCH FOR ZONE 213 WILL
GO UP THIS MORNING...AND BLIZZARD WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED FOR
ADDITIONAL WEST COAST ZONES LATER TODAY.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ204-AKZ213.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ215.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ214.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ209.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ240-
PKZ245.
&&

RF FEB 09