Brisk Wind Advisory 157, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
407 AM AKDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.DISCUSSION...
TIGHT UPPER LOW WITH VERTICALLY STACKED 994 MB SURFACE
LOW IS NOW CENTERED ABOUT 150 MILES NORTH OF DEADHORSE. BY 4 PM
TUESDAY...THE SURFACE AND UPPER LOWS WILL BE CENTERED ABOUT 500
MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY...WITH THE SURFACE LOW DEEPENING
TO AROUND 990 MB. THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW CENTERS WILL THEN
TRACK NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC. ANOTHER UPPER LOW
CENTERED ABOUT 550 MILES NORTH OF BARROW WILL MOVE ON A CYCLONIC
PATH TO THE CHUKCHI SEA BY 4 AM THURSDAY WHILE STRENGTHENING. A
WEAK 1004 MB SURFACE LOW CENTERED ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF WRANGEL
ISLAND WILL MOVE TO THE CHUKCHI SEA BY 4 PM WEDNESDAY...DEEPENING
TO AROUND 990 MB AS THE UPPER LOW OVERTAKES IT.

WINDS IN ZONES 205 AND 206 ARE DIMINISHING. WINDS IN ZONE
203 AND 204 ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DECREASING LATE THIS
MORNING AS THE SURFACE LOW RECEDES INTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO END IN ZONES 203 BY
LATE THIS MORNING AND IN ZONE 204 BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED AREAS OF SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN ZONE
201...WHILE ZONE 205 WILL SEE FLURRIES OR SCATTERED AREAS OF
SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS.

IN ZONE 226...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED
TODAY...SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW EXPECTED.
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE.

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.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

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.HYDROLOGY...
COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL SLOW DOWN MELTING OF THE SNOW PACK.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING...AKZ203-AKZ224-AKZ226.
BLIZZARD WARNING...AKZ204.
GALE WARNING...PKZ245.
BRISK WIND ADVISORY...PKZ235-PKZ240.

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RF MAY 13