Wind Chill Warning 11, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
450 AM AKDT SUN MAR 29 2009

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS CONTINUE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH TUE. A 967 MB LOW
LOCATED OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL LIFT NORTH ALONG THE WEST COAST OF
ALASKA TO NORTON SOUND BY MON MORNING AND WEAKEN TO 985 MB. IT
WILL THEN MOVE TO KOTZEBUE SOUND BY LATE MON EVENING AS A 994 MB
CENTER. THIS STORM WILL BRING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE
SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA AS FAR NORTH AS A BUCKLAND TO
GALENA LINE TODAY AND TONIGHT. GREATEST AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER
HIGHER TERRAIN. STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE
LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITY ALSO. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE OUT
THROUGH MON MORNING FOR THAT AREA.

THE ARCTIC COAST WILL SEE PARTY CLOUDY SKIES AND INCREASING WINDS.
PATCHY MORNING FOG WILL GIVE WAY TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AS THE
GRADIENT TIGHTENS AND THE LOW MOVES NORTH. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS
OUT FOR ZONE 201 AS COLD TEMPS AND INCREASED WINDS ARE PRODUCING
WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL BE LESS
HARSH IN THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPS WARM.

THE INTERIOR WILL SEE FLURRIES AND PATCHY FOG THROUGH MON MORNING.
A CHANCE OF SNOW MOVES WEST TO EAST INTO THE INTERIOR STARTING MON
AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. WIND ADVISORIES FOR ALASKA
RANGE PASSES THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH WINDS AROUND 65 MPH IN THE
ANTLER CREEK AREA OF ZONE 225. WINDS IN THE DELTA JUNCTION AREA
WILL SEE 45 MPH TODAY BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201.

WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

RL MAR 09