Brisk Wind Advisory 96, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
537 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013

.DISCUSSION...
975 MB LOW CENTER NEAR CAPE NEWENHAM WILL CONTINUE TO FILL
RAPIDLY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WEAKENING TO AROUND
998 MB OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WRAPAROUND
SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST AND
WESTERN INTERIOR TODAY...DIMINISHING FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT.

A 982 MB LOW NEAR THE EAST COAST OF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA
IS PROGGED BY CURRENT MODELS TO MOVE TO NORTON SOUND BY
SATURDAY EVENING...FILLING IT TO AROUND 1006 MB. THIS
WEAKENING SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING SOME MORE SNOWFALL TO
THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY.

WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE TODAY AS THE LEESIDE SURFACE TROUGH NORTH OF
THE ALASKA RANGE WEAKENS AND AS WINDS ALOFT DECREASE.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE ARCTIC COASTAL
ZONES...BUT WILL END BY SATURDAY MORNING OR EARLY AS WIND
SPEEDS DECREASE.

EXTENDED OUTLOOK...CURRENT MODELS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP
A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE ALOFT OVER THE BERING AND CHUKCHI
SEAS BY MONDAY EVENING...SETTING UP A NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT
OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND...ESPECIALLY THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS. GFS AND EUROPEAN SOLUTIONS DIVERGE
LATER IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH THE EUROPEAN MODEL BRINGING A
COLD UPPER LOW INTO THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND...GFS KEEPS A
NORTHERLY FLOW WITH LESS EXTREME TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES LIKELY
TO BE BELOW NORMAL BUT THE AMOUNT OF DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL IS
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ227.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204.

HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ226.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230-PKZ235.
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RF MAR 13