Wind Chill Warning 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK41 PAFG 032257
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
157 PM AKST SAT MAR 3 2012

AKZ204-041400-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120304T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0035.120304T0000Z-120305T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
157 PM AKST SAT MAR 3 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SUNDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SUNDAY. THE WIND
CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF
OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

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NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
204 PM AKST FRI MAR 2 2012

.DISCUSSION...
THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON LARGE SCALE FEATURES THROUGH
SUNDAY. ALOFT...WE CONTINUE WITH A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
OVER THE CWA. THE STORM TRACK STAYS SOUTH OF MAINLAND ALASKA
THROUGH SUNDAY. RIDGING MOVES INTO WESTERN ALASKA SUNDAY NIGHT.
AT THE SURFACE...A 1038 MB HIGH NORTHWEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL
DRIFT WEST AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. A 992 MB LOW IN THE NORTHERN
GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST AND WEAKEN SLOWLY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
AN OCCLUSION WILL DRIFT NWD ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE TONIGHT.

IN THE MEDIUM RANGE...AN UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DIG INTO
NORTHERN AK AT THE START OF THE MEDIUM RANGE KEEPING A COLDER THAN
NORMAL AIR MASS FOR EARLY MARCH ACROSS ALL OF THE CWA. THERE IS A
FAIR AMOUNT OF MODEL SPREAD AND THE DETAILS VARY...BUT ALL OF THE
GUIDANCE POINTS TOWARDS A COLD PATTERN CONTINUING THROUGH ALL OF
NEXT WEEK WITH LIKELY SOME LOCAL WIND CHILL CONCERNS PERSISTING.
TEMPS WILL BE IMPACTED BY CLOUD COVER WITH LARGE DIURNAL SWINGS
IN AREAS SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE THAT REMAIN CLEAR. THE PATTERN
ALSO LOOKS TO BE MAINLY DRY ALTHOUGH A BERING SEA OCCLUSION MAY
BRING A PERIOD OF SNOW TO ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE T-K DELTA
AREAS AT THE START OF THE MEDIUM RANGE ON MONDAY. LONG RANGE
INDICATIONS POINT TOWARD SOME FORM OF TROUGHING PERSISTING ACROSS
THE MAINLAND THROUGH MID-MONTH.

NORTH SLOPE...THE COLD AIRMASS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
WINDS OVR WRN ZONE 201 WILL DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT AND THE WIND
CHILL WARNING THERE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRATUS AND DIURNAL ICE
FOG NEAR URBAN AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.

WEST COAST...LOCALLY BRISK WINDS CONTINUE...THOUGH SOME RELAXATION
OF THE PRES GRADIENT LIKELY TONIGHT MOST AREAS. TEMPS REMAINING
WELL BELOW NORMAL WITH NO SGFNT PCPN.

INTERIOR...A LITTLE MORE MODERATION IN THE AIRMASS OVER SRN ZONES
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE REMAINS OF AN OCCLUSION DRIFTS
NORTH. EXPECT A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW ON FRI NIGHT INTO SAT FROM
THE MCGRATH AREA NEWD INTO THE YUKON-TANANA UPLANDS. PRECIP
AMOUNTS THOUGH SHOULD BE VERY LIGHT. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE BACK
INTO SRN ZONES THE FIRST OF THE WEEK.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ213.

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

RL MAR 12