Heavy Freezing Spray Warning 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
335 PM AKDT MON OCT 29 2012

.DISCUSSION...
DIGGING UPR TROF OVR MAINLAND ALASKA AND RETROGRADING UPR HIGH
FROM THE BERING SEA...SOON TO BE OVER CHUKOTKA SETTING UP TO
BRING A COOL WX PATTERN FOR MOST OF THE CWA. ENERGY FROM THE TROF
MOVES INTO THE SRN GULF OF ALASKA ON THU...WITH LOW HEIGHT RIDGING
FROM BC NWWD INTO SE INTERIOR ALASKA. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER CLOSED
LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE HIGH ARCTIC TO THE CENTRAL ARCTIC COAST
SAT...AND THENCE SW...SERVING TO RETROGRADE THE LONGWAVE TROF.

NORTH SLOPE...WIND HAVE DIMINISHED QUITE A BIT AND THERE AS BEEN
NO PROBLEMS AT KAKTOVIK...SO WE HAVE ENDED THE HIGH SURF FOR ZONE
204. WINDS TURNING TO THE NORTH WILL DIMINISH THE SURF AT BARROW
BUT STILL SOME ISSUES POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTH.

WEST COAST...HIGH SURF CONTS FOR ZONE 207. GUSTY WINDS CONTG BUT
SHOULD TURN MORE NELY. EXCEPT FOR ONSHORE FLOW AREAS NOT MUCH OF
ANY SNOW NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

INTERIOR...ORGANIZED SNOW HAS MOVED INTO THE UPPER TANANA VLY AND
FORTYMILE COUNTY...BUT MORE SHOWERY SNOWS OVER MUCH OF INTERIOR AS
THE UPR LOW ACROSS THE AREA.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...WINDS NOW LOOK TO QUITE
LIKELY TO BE TOO MUCH NORTHEAST FOR PROBLEMS AT SHISHMAREF.
ANOTHER ROUND OF BRISK NW-N WINDS FOR THE WRN NORTH SLOPE...THO
THE FETCH OVR WATER WILL BE GETTING SGFNTLY SHORTER AS ICE EDGE
MOVES SWD.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ207.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230-PKZ235.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230-PKZ235.
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RT OCT 12