Brisk Wind Advisory 25, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
220 PM AKST THU JAN 17 2013

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE
OVER CENTRAL ALASKA IS RETREATING EASTWARD WHICH IS DISSIPATING
THE LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR. ISOLATED
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE REDUCED TO JUST THE AREA OVER THE AREA NEAR
NORTHWAY AND TOK BY LATER THIS EVENING. CLOUDS WILL DISSIPATE FROM
THE NORTH AS THE COLD ADVECTION MOVES SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL
EFFECTIVELY CLEAR OUT MANY OF THE CLOUDS LEFT OVER IN NORTHERN
ALASKA THROUGH FRIDAY. BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING...THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING BACK NORTHWARD AND PUSHES THE ARCTIC FRONT
BACK TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR BY SAT AFTERNOON.

EXTREMELY STRONG HIGH IN THE ARCTIC WILL PERSIST THROUGH NEXT
WEEK. A FEW LOWS WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE OUTER PERIMETER OF THE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST AND SPREAD SOME SNOW ALONG
THE WEST COAST OVER THE WEEKEND.

A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL MOVE WESTWARD FROM NORTHERN CANADA NEXT
WEEK AND PUSH ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD TEMPERATURES OVER NORTHERN
ALASKA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

DEEP COLD AIR OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND SLOPE WITH DECENT
GRADIENT ...MOSTLY HELPED ALONG BY THE STRONG HIGH IN THE ARCTIC
IS PRODUCE WIND CHILL CRITERIA AND WILL THROUGH FRI MORNING.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ206-AKZ208-AKZ217-AKZ218.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ245.
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CF JAN 13