Brisk Wind Advisory 111, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
336 AM AKDT FRI APR 3 2015

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS VERY SIMILAR THROUGH 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER MOST
OF THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTHERN ALASKA. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
OVER THE WEST COAST WILL PUSH SLIGHTLY EASTWARD THROUGH FRIDAY.

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BEGINS TO RETROGRADE BACK WESTWARD ON SAT AND
FORCE THE RIDGE DOWN THEREBY EXPANDING THE TROUGH.

AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES EASTWARD IT WILL SPREAD SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE AND
EASTWARD.

AN APPROACHING SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL IMPACT THE
WEST COAST ON SAT FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL
BRING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO THE YK DELTA AND INLAND. A
STRONGER LOW APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK TO HIT THE WEST COAST ON SUN.
THIS WILL COVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE SEWARD PEN SOUTHWARD AS
WELL.

WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER MARINE AREAS FROM THE SEWARD PEN
SOUTHWARD BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

ARCTIC COAST APPEARS TO BE FAIRLY UNEVENTFUL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
THE WINDS COMING UP SLIGHTLY TO NEAR BRISK WIND BY SAT.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210.
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CF APR 15