Wind Chill Advisory 11, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
352 AM AKST FRI JAN 13 2012

AKZ209-131400-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120113T1500Z/
BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK
352 AM AKST FRI JAN 13 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 



$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
204 PM AKST THU JAN 12 2012

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...MODELS CONTINUE TO FALL IN LINE WITH A GENERAL CONSENSUS
ON THE OVERALL PATTERN.

AT 500 MB...LONG WAVE TROUGH CONTINUES ITS MARCH TO THE EAST WITH
A 512 DAM CLOSED LOW PINCHING OFF THE SOUTHERN END OF IT AND
MOVING TO THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE
TROUGH WEAKENS AND SLIDES TO THE EAST OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY
EARLY SATURDAY. THE BUILDING RIDGE BEHIND THE TROUGH MOVES TO THE
WEST COAST BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AS A TROUGH ON THE WESTERN FLANK
OF THE RIDGE FORCES ITS WAY OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE. THE TROUGH
RIDES DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE RIDGE DISSIPATING OVER THE SOUTH
CENTRAL AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIDGE THEN BUILDS BACK UP WITH
A 573 DAM CLOSED CENTER DEVELOPING NEAR ST MATTHEW ISLAND.

AT 850 MB...A POCKET OF COLD AIR...30 BELOW...BEHIND TROUGH WILL
TRANSIT THROUGH THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. THIS WILL BRING SURFACE TEMPERATURES OF 35 TO 45 BELOW TO
MANY AREAS OF THE INTERIOR. MOST OF THE COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE
YUKON TERRITORY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH JUST A FEW COLD POCKETS
ON THE NORTH SIDES OF THE BROOKS AND ALASKA RANGES.

ARCTIC COAST...WIND CHILL CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE. WINDS WILL
PICK UP TODAY AS LOW IN THE HIGH ARCTIC DRIFTS SOUTH AND HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR BUILDS. TROUGH SWEEPING AROUND THE LOW
IN THE HIGH ARCTIC WILL BRING POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE
EASTERN ARCTIC COAST BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WILL ISSUE
WATCHES FOR ZONES 203 AND 204. CONDITIONS ON THE WESTERN HALF
SHOULD MODERATE AS THE WINDS DROP OFF. BARROW AREA COULD GO EITHER
WAY DEPENDENT ON THE POSITION OF THE LOW FRIDAY MORNING. RIGHT NOW
KEEPING THE WORST CONDITIONS TO THE EAST OF THEM.

WEST COAST...WINDS DIMINISHING THIS EVENING AS HIGH PUSHES OVER
THE AREA. PREDOMINANTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...BUT A FEW
POCKETS OF STRATUS MAY DEVELOP...WHERE IS THE CONUNDRUM.

INTERIOR...FLURRIES ENDING IN THE WESTERN PART WITH PERIODS OF
SNOW CONTINUING IN THE EASTERN HALF...TAPERING OFF FOR MOST AREAS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW IN THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE WILL CONTINUE
INTO FRIDAY EVENING. WILL CONTINUE THE ADVISORY FOR THEM FOR
UPSLOPE SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALLY NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY SOUTH OF
DELTA JUNCTION TO SUMMIT LAKE. CLOUDS WILL HANG ON TONIGHT WITH
CLEARING FOR MOST AREAS FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES FALLING TONIGHT AS
COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. EXPECT THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING AS SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ203-AKZ204.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ203-AKZ205.
&&

SDB JAN 12