Brisk Wind Advisory 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
112 PM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS REMAIN IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM AND
THROUGH THE LONG TERM. A 546 DAM HIGH OVER PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE
SOUTH AND EAST TO BE LOCATED NEAR EAGLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINING PARKED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA
THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN CANADA. THE UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS AROUND 560 DAM AS IT SLIPS TO THE WEST TO BE
CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA BY MID WEEK.

ON THE SURFACE A 1049 MB HIGH CONTINUES TO SLIP SOUTH AND EAST OUT
OF THE NORTHERN YUKON INTO THE SOUTHERN YUKON AND  NORTHERN
BRITISH COLUMBIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH
MID WEEK.

INTERIOR...DRY AND COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE
INTERIOR WITH A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL TEMPERATURES AND EVEN BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. GUSTY WINDS
AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY ON
INTERIOR SUMMITS. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY
THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE AND WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AS
WELL AS BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES. TEMPERATURES
ALOFT STILL REMAIN RELATIVELY WARM SO STRONG INVERSIONS WILL
DEVELOP OVER INTERIOR VALLEYS WHERE LOCAL WINDS FAIL TO MIX OUT
COLD SHALLOW VALLEY LAYER.

NORTH SLOPE...AREAS OF PATCHY STRATUS AS WELL AS FLURRIES AND
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH SLOPE. WEAK
OFF SHORE FLOW UNDER THE SURFACE HIGH OVER THE YUKON WILL PROVIDE
SCATTERED SKIES OVER THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.
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CCC JAN 15