Brisk Wind Advisory 49, NWS Fairbanks, AK

831 
FZAK52 PAFG 071154
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012

NORTHWESTERN 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.

PKZ299-080300-
254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
1000 MB LOW SOUTH OF WRANGELL ISLAND WILL DISSIPATE BY TUE NIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER EASTERN SIBERIA TUE. LOW PRESSURE
WILL STRENGTHEN 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY TUE NIGHT.

$$

PKZ200-080300-
NORTON SOUND-
254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ210-080300-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012

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

.TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT. SNOW.
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ215-080300-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-080300-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012

.TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...N WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.THU...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$
DA/RT FEB 12

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
210 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR: MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT THROUGH THU. LOW
PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN KAMCHATKA MOVES NORTHWEST OVER SIBERIA. LOW
PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE SOUTHEAST
INTERIOR TUE THROUGH WED. RIDGE TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW EXTENDING
FROM CANADA WEST TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR MOVES NORTH TO THE ARCTIC
SLOPE BY WED AFTERNOON...THEN OFF THE ARCTIC COAST WED NIGHT.

SURFACE: A 986 MB LOW 200 NM NORTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND
WILL TRACK NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND AND WEAKEN TO 1001 MB BY MID
DAY TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER EASTERN SIBERIA TUE. LOW
PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY TUE NIGHT.

CONTINUED WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA.
UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING NORTH FROM SOUTHEAST ALASKA OVER THE
SOUTHEAST INTERIOR TUE THROUGH WED WILL BE DRY. RIDGE WILL BUILD
OVER THE ARCTIC COAST TUE AND PERSIST THROUGH WED. WINDS WILL
DIMINISH OVER THE WEST COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS LOW
PRESSURE NORTHWEST OF GAMBELL MOVES NORTH AND WEAKENS. PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN ON TUE AS HIGH BUILDS OVER EASTERN SIBERIA
AND LOW STRENGTHENS A FEW HUNDRED MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY.

&&

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

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225.

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

DA FEB 12