Gale Warning 13, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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FZAK51 PAFG 032302
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
202 PM AKST WED FEB 3 2010

ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-
THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ298-041415-
202 PM AKST WED FEB 3 2010

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
A 1000 MB LOW WEST OF BANKS ISLAND WILL DRIFT NORTHWEST AND
WEAKEN...WITH A 1015 MB CENTER OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA AT 3 AM FRI.
HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA AND THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA
WILL STEADILY WEAKEN...BUT A WEAK RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD
EAST OVER THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE.

$$

PKZ225-041415-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
202 PM AKST WED FEB 3 2010

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. FOG. 
.THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. FOG. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. FOG. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT.  
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT.  
.SAT...N WINDS 20 KT.  
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT.  
.SUN...W WINDS 15 KT.  
.MON...SW WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-041415-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
202 PM AKST WED FEB 3 2010

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. FOG. 
.THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. FOG. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. FOG. 
.FRI...W WINDS 10 KT.  
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT.  
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT.  
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT.  
.SUN...W WINDS 15 KT.  
.MON...S WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-041415-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
202 PM AKST WED FEB 3 2010

.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. FOG. 
.THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. FOG. 
.THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. FOG. 
.FRI...W WINDS 10 KT.  
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT.  
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT.  
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT.  
.SUN...SW WINDS 15 KT.  
.MON...SW WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-041415-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
202 PM AKST WED FEB 3 2010

.TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. FOG. 
.THU...W WINDS 15 KT. FOG. 
.THU NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. FOG. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 KT.  
.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT.  
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT.  
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT.  
.SUN...N WINDS 10 KT.  
.MON...NE WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-041415-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
202 PM AKST WED FEB 3 2010

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT...DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. BLOWING
SNOW. FOG. 
.THU...W WINDS 20 KT. FOG. 
.THU NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. FOG. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT.  
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT.  
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT.  
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT.  
.SUN...N WINDS 15 KT.  
.MON...NE WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

DJH/DA FEB 10

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
205 PM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR: A 484 DM LOW 550 NM NORTHEAST OF PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE
SOUTH. ON THU AFTERNOON THE LOW WILL BE 486 DM 350 NM NORTHEAST OF
PRUDHOE BAY WITH ANOTHER CLOSED 505 DM LOW OVER ANVIK THU
AFTERNOON. ON FRI AFTERNOON...THE LOW OVER THE ARCTIC WILL BE 488
DM 350 NORTH-NORTHEAST OF PRUDHOE BAY AND THE OTHER LOW WILL BE
497 DM SOUTHWEST OF KODIAK...WITH A RIDGE BUILDING FROM BRITISH
COLUMBIA TO THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR.

SURFACE: A 1002 MB LOW OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC WILL MOVE SOUTH AND AT
3 AM AKST WILL BE 1002 MB 420 NM NORTHEAST OF PRUDHOE BAY. THE LOW
WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND AT 3 PM AKST WILL BE 1015 MB 270 NM
NORTHEAST OF PRUDHOE BAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA WILL PERSIST
AND WILL RIDGE TO OVER THE EAST CENTRAL BERING SEA ON THU THEN
PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
GULF OF ALASKA.

NORTH SLOPE: PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LOOSEN WED MORNING AS LOW OVER
ARCTIC WEAKENS. WINDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER WED NIGHT AND FRI.
TEMPERATURES MAY WARM SOME FOR THE BEAUFORT SEA SAT NIGHT AS
MOISTURE ARRIVES WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW. STORM WARNING FOR MARINE ZONE
245 AND GALE FOR 240 SHOULD DIMINISH TO BRISK WINDS WED MORNING.

WEST COAST: LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SAT. EAST WINDS MAY PICK UP EARLY NEXT WEEK
FOR ZONES 213 AND 214 AS LOW DEEPENS SOUTH OF ALEUTIANS. DRY TREND
WILL CONTINUE.

INTERIOR: ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH TO THE ALASKA RANGE
TONIGHT. SOME WARMING IS LIKELY OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR THU
NIGHT OR EARLY FRI AS SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS. OVERRUNNING WILL
DEVELOP FRI NIGHT AND SAT WITH CHANCES OF SNOW INCREASING THEN
CONTINUING INTO SUN.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ213.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ203-AKZ204.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ202-AKZ206.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240.

STORM WARNING FOR PKZ245.

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

DA FEB 10