Brisk Wind Advisory 103, NWS Fairbanks, AK

988 
FZAK51 PAFG 052206
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
206 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012

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.

PKZ298-061315-
206 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST
THROUGH SAT. A 1004 MB NEAR CAPE ESPENBERG WILL MOVE NORTHWEST OF
POINT HOPE AT 10 PM THU...THEN CONTINUE NORTHWEST AND WEAKEN TO
1012 MB OVER WRANGEL ISLAND BY FRI AFTERNOON. 

$$

PKZ225-061315-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
206 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SE. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW.
.FRI...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW.
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-061315-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
206 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW.
.FRI...E WINDS 25 KT BECOMING S. BLOWING SNOW.
.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-061315-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
206 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW.
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT BECOMING W. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-061315-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
206 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW.
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT BECOMING W. 
.SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-061315-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
206 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW.
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT BECOMING S. 
.SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

APR 12

980 
FZAK51 PAFG 061039
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

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.

PKZ298-070145-
239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
A 1034 MB HIGH IN THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL MOVE TO BANKS
ISLAND BY SATURDAY EVENING. A 1006 MB LOW IN THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI
SEA WILL MOVE TO WRANGEL ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DISSIPATE
TONIGHT. A WEAK TROUGH ACROSS THE BROOKS RANGE TODAY WILL BE
REPLACED BY A 1030 MB HIGH SATURDAY MORNING.

$$

PKZ225-070145-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT BY NOON.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-070145-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

.TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SW. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT.
.SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-070145-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT BY NOON.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING W. 
.SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-070145-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING W. 
.SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-070145-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT BECOMING W. 
.SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

CCC/CB APR 12

733 
FZAK51 PAFG 062132
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
132 PM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

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.

PKZ298-071400-
132 PM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
A 1033 MB HIGH IN THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL MOVE TO BANKS
ISLAND BY SATURDAY EVENING. A WEAK TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN
BROOKS RANGE TODAY WILL BE REPLACED BY A 1030 MB HIGH SATURDAY
MORNING. A 982 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA SAT
NIGHT AND MOVE TO 230 NM SOUTHWEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND BY 4 PM
AKDT SUNDAY.


$$

PKZ225-071400-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
132 PM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-071400-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
132 PM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT.
.SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...E WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-071400-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
132 PM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING W. 
.SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-071400-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
132 PM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING W. 
.SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-071400-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
132 PM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT.
.SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

CF/DA APR 12

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1250 PM AKDT WED APR 4 2012

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR...LONG WAVE RIDGE WITH AXIS FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA TO
THE NORTH SLOPE WILL BE PUSHED EAST OF THE ALCAN BORDER THU BY
SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA ROTATING NORTHEAST.
BY SAT MORNING...THE TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE BROOKS RANGE. THE
LONG WAVE RIDGE WILL RETURN OVER THE INTERIOR ON SAT.

SURFACE...STRONG LOW PRESSURE NEAR DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE NORTH TO
THE SEWARD PENINSULA AS A 999 MB LOW BY 4 PM THU AND THEN CONTINUE
NORTHWEST OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA FRI. HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE
ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH THU.

NORTH SLOPE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN ARCTIC
COAST TONIGHT AND THU IN RESPONSE TO LOW MOVING NORTH OVER THE
WEST COAST TO THE CHUKCHI SEA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FRI AS LOW
TRACKS NORTHWEST TOWARD WRANGEL ISLAND. WINDS WILL BECOME BRISK
OVER MARINE AREAS. ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW MAY OCCUR WEST OF BARROW
TO CAPE LISBURNE THU NIGHT. SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH
MAY SPREAD TO BARROW FRI AND EAST TO BARTER ISLAND FRI NIGHT.

WEST COAST...THE FORECAST FOR SNOW WILL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES IN ZONES 215...216....AND 227 WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER
THE NULATO HILLS IS STILL EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS LOW
TRACKS RAPIDLY NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST. LATEST MODELS SHOW DELAY
OF HEAVIEST SNOW AND POSSIBLE FREEZING RAIN FOR MCGRATH. SO THE
STARTING TIME OF THE ADVISORY WAS DELAYED UNTIL 4 AM THU.

INTERIOR...CHINOOK FLOW OVER THE ALASKA RANGE WILL STEADILY
INCREASE TONIGHT. AN INCREASE OF SOUTH WINDS ON THE GLENNALLEN
PROFILER BELOW 5K FEET HAS BEEN OBSERVED. WINDS AT ANTLER CREEK
HAVE BECOME SOUTH AND ARE INCREASING. ALSO WINDS AT DELTA HAVE
BECOME SOUTHEAST. UPPER TROUGH ROTATING NORTHEAST OVER THE
INTERIOR AND SURFACE LOW FORMING OVER THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE FRI
WILL BRING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...THEN TO THE EASTERN
INTERIOR BY FRI EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN
1 INCH...BUT WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL TO NORTH
CENTRAL INTERIOR. TEMPERATURES OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL RISE
TO AROUND 50 DEGREES THU AFTERNOON...THEN AGAIN FRI AFTERNOON NEAR
THE ALCAN BORDER. COLDER AIR WILL PUSH EAST AS THE UPPER LEVEL
SHORT WAVE ROTATES NORTHEAST OVER THE INTERIOR FRI AND FRI NIGHT.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ227.

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

DA APR 12