Brisk Wind Advisory 60, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
134 AM AKST WED FEB 5 2014

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. HIGH ALOFT OVER THE
BERING SEA WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND EXPAND NORTHWARD. ONE LOBE
OF THE HIGH HAS EXPANDED EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR AND
INTO CANADA. A SHORT WAVE IS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC. THIS WILL DEVELOP
INTO A WELL DEFINED AND TIGHTLY PACKED UPPER LEVEL LOW AND
STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE RIDGE.

BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...THE TIGHTLY PACKED LOW WILL BE ABOUT
NEAR BARTER ISLAND. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD NEAR
THE ALCAN BORDER THROUGH LATE THU NIGHT AND THEN MOVE TO THE GULF
OF ALASKA. THIS LOW WILL PULL MUCH COLDER AIR BACK INTO ALASKA.
THE AIR WILL SLIGHTLY MODERATE BY THE FIRST TO MIDDLE PART OF NEXT
WEEK. THIS UPPER LOW WILL INCREASE WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST
AND SPREAD SNOW AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO THE EASTERN
ARCTIC COAST BY LATE TONIGHT AND THU MORNING. THE COLD FRONT WILL
PUSH SNOW DOWN OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE.

POSSIBLE HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL OVER THE UPSLOPE AREA IN ZONE 206.
WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES AND PRODUCE
LIKELY WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PASSES BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THU.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ203-AKZ204.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ214-AKZ215.

WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ206.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
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CF FEB 14