Gale Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK

435 
FZAK51 PAFG 062357
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
257 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2014

ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-
THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ298-071500-
257 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2014

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
A WEAKENING WEATHER FRONT FROM NORTH OF BARTER ISLAND TO NORTH OF
KOTZEBUE SOUND WILL MOVE A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH MONDAY NIGHT THEN
DISSIPATE TUESDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC
WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COLD FRONT NORTH
OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL MOVE SOUTH TUESDAY AND REACH THE BROOKS
RANGE TUESDAY NIGHT.

$$

PKZ225-071500-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
257 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2014

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-071500-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
257 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2014

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-071500-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
257 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2014

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW.
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-071500-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
257 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2014

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-071500-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
257 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2014

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

JAN 14

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
158 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014

.DISCUSSION...
RIDGE ALOFT OVER THE PACIFIC EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN
CANADA AND EASTERN ALASKA WILL GRADUALLY COLLAPSE THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT. THIS RIDGE COMBINED WITH A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER
THE BERING SEA WILL ALLOW SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT TO PERSIST FOR THE
NEXT 48 HOURS OR SO ACROSS MAINLAND ALASKA. SEVERAL PULSES OF
ENERGY WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE STATE AND BRING PRECIPITATION TO
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA ALONG WITH CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW COMPLEX OVER THE BERING WILL
BEGIN TO PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE GULF OF ALASKA BY MIDWEEK AND
UNDERCUT MAINLAND ALASKA. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE SOUTHERLY
FLOW AND RESULT IN A GRADUAL COOLING OF TEMPERATURES. ALL MODELS
INDICATE A TRANSITION TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AS A VERY COLD
UPPER LOW DIVES SOUTH FROM THE CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC LATE IN THE
WEEK.

IN THE SHORT TERM...A DYING OCCLUDED FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE
INTERIOR AND NORTON SOUND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL APART AS IT
CROSSES THE BROOKS RANGE TONIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS FEATURE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE
UPLSOPE ENHANCED AREAS OF THE EASTERN NULATO HILLS. A POOL OF
ABOVE FREEZING AIR ALOFT MAY CAUSE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
IN THE LOWER YUKON VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
SOME OF THE SNOW WILL SPILL OVER THE CREST OF THE BROOKS RANGE ON
MONDAY AND BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW THE ARCTIC COAST AS WELL. A
SECOND TROUGH AND VORTICITY MAX ROTATING AROUND THE BERING SEA LOW
WILL MOVE NORTH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH ANOTHER SHOT
OF SNOWFALL. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BRUSH ADVISORY LEVEL AMOUNTS ALONG
THE NULATO HILLS AND COULD BRING 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW FROM KALTAG
SOUTH TO ANVIK BY MONDAY EVENING.

THE SURFACE GRADIENT IS SLOWLY STARTING TO SLACKEN SOME ACROSS
MUCH OF THE STATE AND GUSTY WINDS OVER HIGHER SUMMITS AND
CHANNELED AREAS OF THE INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH
TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE IS PRODUCING
ADVISORY LEVEL CHINOOK WINDS THROUGH PASSES BUT THIS WILL END BY
MONDAY MORNING AS SOUTHERLY FLOW AND THE GAP COMPONENT BOTH
WEAKEN. A SHARP SURFACE TROUGH IN THE EASTERN ARCTIC WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND ALLOW WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH ALONG
WITH OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE
EASTERN ARCTIC ON MONDAY BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST AT
BARTER ISLAND WITH THE ADDITION OF SOME FALLING SNOW FROM THE
APPROACHING OCCLUSION.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ226.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ219-AKZ220-
AKZ221.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230-PKZ235.
&&

EWP JAN 14