Gale Warning 37, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
438 AM AKDT SAT APR 4 2015

NORTHWESTERN 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.

PKZ299-050015-
438 AM AKDT SAT APR 4 2015

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 991 MB LOW 200 NM SW OF GAMBELL WILL MOVE TO 100 NM WEST OF
GAMBELL BY 4PM SAT AS A 996 MB LOW...AND TO 200 NM WEST OF GAMBELL
AS A 996 MB LOW BY 4AM SUN. A SECOND AND STRONGER LOW WILL
DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA SAT PM AND MOVE TO ST MATTHEW
ISLAND AS A 978 MB LOW BY 4PM SUN.

$$

PKZ200-050015-
NORTON SOUND-
438 AM AKDT SAT APR 4 2015

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

.TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW.
.MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ210-050015-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
438 AM AKDT SAT APR 4 2015

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

.TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. 
.SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW.
.MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ215-050015-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
438 AM AKDT SAT APR 4 2015

.TODAY...E WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-050015-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
438 AM AKDT SAT APR 4 2015

.TODAY...E WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

APR 15

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.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210.
&&

CF APR 15