Gale Warning 19, NWS Fairbanks, AK

748 
FZAK51 PAFG 081121
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
221 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

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.

PKZ298-090230-
221 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
A WEATHER FRONT OVER THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST WILL MOVE
EAST OF MACKENZIE BAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA
AND THE CHUKCHI SEA WILL EXPAND EAST TO THE BEAUFORT SEA SUNDAY
NIGHT. A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE ARCTIC MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT.

$$

PKZ225-090230-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
221 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.MON...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-090230-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
221 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-090230-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
221 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-090230-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
221 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

.TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT.
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...W WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 10 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-090230-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
221 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.MON...W WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

CC/DA FEB 15

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
102 PM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015

CORRECTED TO DELETE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR ZONES 207-209.

.DISCUSSION...

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE REDEVELOPED ON THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST
AS A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH AND WEATHER FRONT MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS
THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH SUN MORNING AS A NARROW HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
PERSISTS OVER THE INTERIOR ARCTIC COAST...RESULTING IN A FAVORABLE
ISOBAR ORIENTATION AND PRESSURE GRADIENT FOR STRONG WINDS ALONG
THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE REDUCING
VISIBILITY ALONG THE CENTRAL ARCTIC COAST AND A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. A
BROADER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EASTWARD ACROSS THE
ARCTIC COAST AND INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE SUN AFTERNOON... REDUCING
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND RESULTING IN DECREASING WINDS AND
IMPROVING VISIBILITY.

ON THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST...WINDS AT POINT HOPE AND KIVALINA HAVE
SHOWN A SLOW DECREASING TREND...AND TEMPERATURES ARE NOT LOW
ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILL. TEMPERATURES
MAY FALL A FEW DEGREES TONIGHT...BUT WIND CHILL APPEARS TO
BE NO LONGER AN ISSUE. OVER THE BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK
VALLEY...WIND SPEEDS HAVE ALSO DECREASED AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE MORE THAN 10 MPH. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR THESE TWO AREAS
WILL BE CANCELED.

OVER THE INTERIOR...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN HIGH
ENOUGH FOR GUSTY WIND OVER SUMMITS...PASSES...AND IN CHANNEL AREAS
OF ZONES 218-219-220-221-222-225. WINTER WEATHER OR WIND CHILL
ADVISORIES FOR THESE ZONES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON SUN.

TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE INTERIOR AND
WEST COAST ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN MODERATING TUE AS A HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE NORTH GULF
COAST...THE ALASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEASTWARD. WARMER
AIR WILL GRADUALLY MAKE ITS WAY NORTHWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS TREND IS INDICATED
BY BY THE OPERATIONAL GFS/ECMWF RUNS AND IN THE ENSEMBLE
MEANS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY AKZ209-AKZ213-AKZ216-AKZ219-
AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ225.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ206-AKZ218-AKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ245.
&&

RF FEB 15