Brisk Wind Advisory 134, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
119 PM AKDT SAT APR 12 2014

.DISCUSSION...
LONG WAVE RIDGE ALOFT WITH AXIS CHUKOTSK PENINSULA-YAKUTAT AREA-
SEWD ALONG THE PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE TO SWING NEWD...MOVING TO
THE YUKON TERRITORY AND SEWD BY MON. SOUTHERLY FLOW ON THE BACK
SIDE OF THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN SUBSTANTIALLY BY SUN NIGHT...BRINGING
TO AN END THE CHINOOK WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES. AN UPPER
LOW CENTERED ABOUT 100 MILES NW OF THE PRIBILOFS WILL MOVE SLOWLY
WESTWARD TO THE DATELINE BY SUN AFTERNOON WHILE A WEAK SHORT WAVE
MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WEST COAST SUN INTO SUN EVENING. A
STRONGER SHORT WAVE WILL FOLLOW...MOVING UP THE WEST COAST LATE
SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT.

986 MB LOW NEAR THE PRIBILOFS WILL MOVE SLOWLY WWD TO THE
DATELINE BY SUN AFTERNOON WHILE SLOWLY WEAKENING. A 1000 MB
LOW ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND WILL WEAKEN OVER
BRISTOL BAY LATE WED NIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVES AND
THE SURFACE SYSTEMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED FRONTS WILL PRODUCE
RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR AND THE
WEST COAST. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. A CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION OVER PARTS OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN INTERIOR
MON THROUGH TUE.

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.FIRE WEATHER...
SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES
THROUGH SUN MORNING...DIMINISHING SUN AFTERNOON. MIN
RH WILL BE NEAR 20 PERCENT AT SOME SITES. AREAS NEAR
THE ALASKA RANGE ARE LIKELY MOSTLY OR TOTALLY SNOW
COVERED.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY...PKZ210-PKZ220.
WIND ADVISORY...AKZ226.
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RF APR 14