Brisk Wind Advisory 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
215 PM AKST THU JAN 6 2011

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR: RIDGE BUILDING NORTH OVER NORTHERN ALASKA WILL PUSH
LOW PRESSURE NEAR BANKS ISLAND AWAY FROM THE FORECAST AREA TO THE
NORTHEAST. ALSO...THE RIDGE WILL BLOCK LOWS OVER THE BERING SEA
FROM MOVING EAST TO MAINLAND ALASKA. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...A LARGE
CLOSED HIGH WITH CENTER OVER THE WEST COAST WILL BE EFFECTING ALL
OF NORTHERN ALASKA. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE BUILDING TO AT LEAST
JANUARY RECORD LEVELS BY TUESDAY.

SURFACE: A 977 MB LOW 650 NM SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE
ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTH. AT 3 PM AKST FRI...THE LOW WILL BE 987 MB
300 NM WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE NORTH
OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA FRI NIGHT AND SAT. A NEW 986 MB LOW
WILL BE 120 NM WEST OF ADAK BY 9PM FRI. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH
SAT THROUGH SUN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REST OF THE
FORECAST AREA OF NORTHERN ALASKA INTO MID WEEK...AND OVER THE
WEST COAST AND EASTERN BERING SEA FROM SUN INTO MID WEEK.

NORTH SLOPE: FLURRIES AND PATCHY FOG WILL BE THE DOMINATE
WEATHER...THOUGH LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH OVER WRANGEL ISLAND
SAT NIGHT AND SUN WILL PRODUCE SNOW AND SOUTHWEST WINDS FOR THE
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST ON SUN.

WEST COAST: BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRI EVENING...MAY GO LONGER AS A SECOND LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE
CENTRAL BERING SEA AND MOVES NORTH SAT THROUGH SAT NIGHT.

INTERIOR: HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE
WEEKEND AND UPCOMING WEEK.

MID RANGE: RECORD 500 MB HEIGHTS STILL IN STORE ON MON FOR
NORTHWEST ALASKA.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.
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DA JAN 11