Wind Chill Advisory 57, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
421 AM AKDT SAT MAR 28 2009

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH MONDAY. WEAK SURFACE LOW IN
EASTERN INTERIOR WILL DISSIPATE TODAY AS NEW SURFACE LOW MOVES
FROM THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TO BRISTOL BAY BY 12Z SUN. IT WILL THEN
MOVE NORTH INTO NORTON SOUND AS A 978 MB CENTER BY 12Z MON...AND
ON TO KOTZEBUE SOUND BY 06Z TUE. ALL ADVISORIES ASSOCIATED WITH
THE FIRST LOW HAVE BEEN CANCELED BUT NEW LOW WILL BRING SNOW WITH
STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
CWA ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...SPREADING NORTH WITH MOVEMENT OF LOW.

THE ARCTIC COAST WINDS WILL TURN EAST TODAY ENDING THE SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH NORTH WINDS OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.
PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE FROM BARROW EAST. WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING
SAT NIGHT AS PRESSURE GRADIENT STARTS TIGHTENING ALL ALONG THE COAST.

THE INTERIOR WILL HAVE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY FOG TODAY
BECOMING MOSTLY FLURRIES TONIGHT. THE WESTERN ALASKA RANGE WILL
HAVE ABOUT ONE INCH OF SNOW. TRACE AMOUNTS OF VOLCANIC ASH
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE ALASKA RANGE AS REDOUBT CONTINUES TO
ERUPT AND THE ASH PLUME MOVES NORTH. WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE
PASSES WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 MPH EARLY SUN MORNING THROUGH
SUN.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-
PKZ240-PKZ245.
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RL MAR 09