Gale Warning 143, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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FZAK52 PAFG 172337
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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
237 PM AKST THU NOV 17 2016

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.

PKZ299-181230-
237 PM AKST THU NOV 17 2016

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 979 MB LOW OVER NORTHERN KAMCHATKA WILL DRIFT NORTH AND WEAKEN
THROUGH FRI. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING NORTHEAST FROM THIS LOW TO
ANADYR TO THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE WESTERN BERING
STRAIT TO THE YUKON DELTA BY 3PM FRI...AND THEN DISSIPATE ALONG A
BERING STRAIT TO SHAKTOOLIK LINE BY 3PM SAT. ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE
NORTH INTO THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA SAT.

$$

PKZ200-181230-
NORTON SOUND-
237 PM AKST THU NOV 17 2016

...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY.
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-181230-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
237 PM AKST THU NOV 17 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. FOG. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FOG. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-181230-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
237 PM AKST THU NOV 17 2016

...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY.
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-181230-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
237 PM AKST THU NOV 17 2016

...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

NOV 16

Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
301 PM AKST Wed Nov 16 2016

.DISCUSSION...
Satellite pics suggest that the old weather front along a line
from about Point Hope to Bethel has been weakening recently,
pretty much as the models would have. The surface front will
likely remain nearly stationary and dissipate as its supporting
short wave trough aloft rides east around the ridge aloft and
drops into the long wave trough over eastern mainland Alaska and
the Gulf of Alaska. The front will have little impact on our
arctic zones from Barrow east, and will not generate much snow
west of Barrow (or much wind, except near Lisburne). Probably
not even flurries over our western interior zones.

Another weather front, this one over the central Bering Sea, looks
pretty tough at present, but the models have the ridge aloft
presently over the eastern Bering Sea building as it moves east,
so that most of the front's energy heads north over eastern
Russia and beyond. Expect another rough night on Saint Lawrence
Island Thursday night, but probably no advisory conditions, an
little excitement farther east.

Interior Alaska will remain in an area of light flow aloft, but
the surface high centered over the western interior will continue
to build as it moves northeast, and moderate gap winds through
the Alaska Range will continue through Thursday.

Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Winter Weather Advisory for AKZ207.

Heavy Freezing Spray Warning for PKZ215-PKZ230-PKZ235.

Small Craft Advisory for PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.

Gale Warning for PKZ210.
&&

DJH NOV 16