Gale Warning 100, NWS Fairbanks, AK

668 
FZAK52 PAFG 221251
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
351 AM AKST SAT DEC 22 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.

PKZ299-230200-
351 AM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA WILL BUILD OVER
MAINLAND ALASKA AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. A WEAK RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH SATURDAY.

$$

PKZ200-230200-
NORTON SOUND-
351 AM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012

.TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

PKZ210-230200-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
351 AM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012

.TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 30 KT.  

$$

PKZ215-230200-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
351 AM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012

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

.TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-230200-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
351 AM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012

.TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

DEC 12

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
544 AM AKST FRI DEC 21 2012

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR...HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE WITH AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE
NORTH CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA AND TO
THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL GET PINCHED OFF BY LOW PRESSURE
RETROGRADING FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA NORTHWEST TO INLAND ALASKA.
BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE CLOSED HIGH WILL BE NEAR 130W/80N AND
THE LOW WILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST MAINLAND ALASKA. THE LOW WILL BE
496 DM WITH CENTER OVER NUNIVAK ISLAND MONDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS
ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS SOLUTION THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN
BEGIN TO DIVERGING SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY.

SURFACE...A 968 MB LOW OVER EASTERN SIBERIA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY NORTHWEST THROUGH MONDAY. AN ASSOCIATED FRONT MOVING EAST
OVER TO THE EASTERN BERING SEA WILL BE JUST WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE
ISLAND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT WILL BE
SLOWED FRIDAY BY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TO THE EAST OF SAINT
LAWRENCE ISLAND. THE LOW WILL DISSIPATE OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND
BY SATURDAY EVENING. STRONG RIDGE EXTENDING WEST TO THE INTERIOR
FROM A 1045 MB CENTER OVER CANADA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY...
THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN SUNDAY AS HIGH CENTER MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEAST.

NORTH SLOPE...DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
GRADIENT WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE OF WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
SOME FROM DEADHORSE WEST. THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL CONTINUE
COLD...SO WIND CHILLS WILL BE COLDER OVER THIS AREA. THIS
SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT.

WEST COAST...WINDS AT WALES CONTINUE TO GUST TO NEAR 70 MPH...
THOUGH OTHER WEST COAST LOCATIONS HAVE SHOWED SIGNS OF DIMINISHING
WINDS. ANY SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING FRONT WILL BE LIGHT
AND CONFINED TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THEN LOW OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL TIGHTEN
GRADIENT AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

INTERIOR...THE INTERIOR LOOKS TO BE DRY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG
UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER EASTERN ALEUTIANS TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY WILL PULL WARMER AIR NORTH OVER THE ALASKA RANGE
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ226.

DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR AKZ222.

HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ213.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220.
&&

DA DEC 12