Brisk Wind Advisory 60, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
252 AM AKST MON FEB 16 2015

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS SIMILAR THROUGH 48 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO
REMAIN IN PLACE OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. STRONG LOW APPROACHING COLD
BAY WITH FRONT ALREADY INTO BRISTOL BAY. UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL
MOVE TO NUNIVAK ISLAND BY TUE MORNING AS FRONT WILL BE SOMEWHERE
IN NORTON SOUND NEAR NOME. THIS MOVEMENT OF THE LOW WILL NUDGE THE
RIDGE BACK EASTWARD SLIGHTLY.

FIRST OF 2 SHORT WAVES WITH ASSOCIATED SURFACE OCCLUDED FRONTS
MOVING UP ALONG THE WEST COAST BEGINNING MON MORNING. THE FIRST
OF THESE FRONTS WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY SPREAD FREEZING RAIN OVER
THE YUKON KUSKOKWIM DELTA ZONES AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE YUKON
VALLEY. THE SECOND AND MUCH MORE VIGOROUS FRONT WILL CLIMB THE
WEST COAST MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS ONE WILL SPREAD
SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AS IT HURDLES THE ALASKA RANGE.
THIS WILL LIKELY PUT AN END TO THE FREEZING RAIN OVER THE WESTERN
INTERIOR AND COAST.

IT APPEARS AT THE MOMENT THAT THE SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA AND
THE INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA COULD SEE A QUITE DECENT AMOUNT OF
SNOWFALL BEGINNING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH
WED EVENING. WE WILL KEEP MONITORING THIS FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOWFALL AS IT STANDS CURRENTLY.

WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WILL INCREASE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...WEAKENING THIS EVENING.
THERE WILL BE SOME BLOWING SNOW AS WINDS GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH IN
SOME PLACES.

WARM ADVECTION HS REACHED THE ARCTIC COAST SO WIND CHILLS ARE NO
LONGER AN ISSUE THERE.

HIGH WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGES PASSES ARE OCCURRING NOW AND
WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY ENDING LATE MON NIGHT.

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

HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ214-AKZ215.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ220-AKZ222-
AKZ224.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
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CF FEB 15