Brisk Wind Advisory 156, NWS Fairbanks, AK

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
330 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2016

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR...
A SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE
ONSHORE ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST LATE TONIGHT...THEN NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALASKA MAINLAND FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING ACROSS THE ARCTIC SLOPE SATURDAY MORNING.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REBUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND
AND THE PANHANDLE BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE RIDGE AXIS
MOVING TO A LINE POINT LAY-FORT YUKON AND SOUTHEAST INTO
BRITISH COLUMBIA BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN
CONSIDERABLY BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH A WEAK FLOW PATTERN
REMAINING OVER NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES IN THE EASTERN
INTERIOR BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

SURFACE...
A 1040 MB HIGH CENTERED 400 MILES NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT WILL
MOVE TO ABOUT 600 MILES NORTH OF BARROW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
A MODERATELY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT PERSISTING ALONG THE ARCTIC
COAST AND OVER THE ADJACENT MARINE AREAS. A 980 MB LOW WILL
DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS LATE TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO
THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA SATURDAY.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...
SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER MOST AREAS BY LATE TONIGHT...CONTINUING
OVER MOST AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE BEGINNING TO
TAPER OFF. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BECOME RAIN OR MIXED
RAIN AND SNOW AT LOWER ELEVATION AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
IN ZONES 222-223-224-225-226. MOST AREAS WILL SEE AMOUNTS OF 2
INCHES OR LESS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
WILL BE IN ZONE 226 WHERE UP TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN BELOW 3000 FEET
IN ZONE 226 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

ARCTIC SLOPE...BRISK EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND
NEAR THE COAST...WITH BLOWING SNOW AND AREAS OF FOG REDUCING
VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SOME AREAS
MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN SEWARD PENINSULA
AND FROM KIVALINA NORTHWEST TO POINT HOPE AND CAPE LISBURNE.
SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN IN SOME AREAS...DEVELOPING IN
ZONES 214-215 SATURDAY...SPREADING TO ZONES 212-213-SOUTHERN
210-WESTERN 216 SATURDAY NIGHT AS INCREASING SOUTHEAST FLOW
ALOFT SPREADS MOISTURE NORTHWESTWARD.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235.
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RF APR 16