Gale Warning 71, NWS Fairbanks, AK

656 
FZAK52 PAFG 101106
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
306 AM AKDT TUE MAY 10 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.

PKZ299-110215-
306 AM AKDT TUE MAY 10 2016

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A WEATHER FRONT IN THE BERING SEA WILL LIE FROM CAPE LISBURNE TO
THE LOWER YUKON DELTA BY 4PM TODAY THEN REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH
WED. THE ASSOCIATED 999 MB LOW WILL REMAIN IN THE CENTRAL BERING
SEA AND WEAKEN WHILE A 1025 MB HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS OVER
EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA.

$$

PKZ200-110215-
NORTON SOUND-
306 AM AKDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN.
.WED...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.THU...S WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-110215-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
306 AM AKDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 1 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-110215-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
306 AM AKDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. RAIN.
.WED...S WINDS 30 KT. RAIN.
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. RAIN.
.THU...SE WINDS 5 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.FRI...W WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...W WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-110215-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
306 AM AKDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.WED...S WINDS 25 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. RAIN.
.THU...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

SDB/DA MAY 16

785 
FZAK52 PAFG 102310
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
310 PM AKDT TUE MAY 10 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.

PKZ299-111415-
310 PM AKDT TUE MAY 10 2016

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A WEATHER FRONT FROM CAPE LISBURNE TO THE YUKON DELTA TO NEAR
CAPE NEWENHAM WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH WED.

$$

PKZ200-111415-
NORTON SOUND-
310 PM AKDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. 
.WED...S WINDS 25 KT...DIMINISHING AFTER NOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.THU...S WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT.  
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
.FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
.FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
.SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
.SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-111415-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
310 PM AKDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT...DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT.
RAIN. 
.WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  
.THU...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 1 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.  
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 1 FT.  
.SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-111415-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
310 PM AKDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. RAIN. 
.WED...S WINDS 25 KT. RAIN. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT.  
.THU...SE WINDS 5 KT.  
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT.  
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT.  
.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT.  
.SAT...W WINDS 20 KT.  
.SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-111415-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
310 PM AKDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. RAIN. 
.WED...S WINDS 25 KT. RAIN. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT.  
.THU...S WINDS 15 KT.  
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT.  
.FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT.  
.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT.  
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT.  
.SUN...N WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

DJH/NTS MAY 16

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
317 PM AKDT MON MAY 9 2016

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE...HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE ALASKA WEST
COAST AND WESTERN ALASKA AND ASSOCIATED HYDRO
CONCERNS...SIGNIFICANT WARMING TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED
WITH A STRONG ANOMALOUS RIDGE ACROSS EASTERN ALASKA AND THE NORTH
SLOPE. THE 9/12Z DETERMINISTIC MODEL SUITE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT
REGARDING THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN AND EVEN WITH PRECIPITATION
PLACEMENT AND  AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN ALASKA
THROUGH THURSDAY...THEREAFTER THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN
REGARDS TO THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE LATE THIS WEEK AND WEEKEND.

ALOFT...CURRENTLY...A SHORTWAVE OVER THE CENTRAL ALASKA RANGE AND
COPPER RIVER BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR THIS EVENING AND INTO WESTERN CANADA
TONIGHT. IN ITS WAKE...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER OFFSHORE OF THE
US WEST COAST WILL BUILD NORTHWARD AND OVER EASTERN ALASKA AND
WEST COAST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH H500 HEIGHTS BUILDING TO 570
DAM OVER THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY TUESDAY EVENING. THE 9/12Z
ECWMF...GFS AND NAM HAVE SHIFTED THE RIDGE AXIS A BIT EASTWARD
INTO WESTERN CANADA COMPARED TO YESTERDAYS 12Z RUN AND HAVE
SHIFTED THE WARMEST H850 TEMPERATURES (AROUND +10C) TO ALIGN WITH
THE POSITION OF THE RIDGE AXIS. HOWEVER...THE 09/12Z NAFES
STANDARDIZED ANOMALIES CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT THIS RIDGE WILL
BE STRONG AND ANOMALOUS...WITH HEIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RIDGE
BEING 2 TO 4 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE WHAT IS CONSIDERED NORMAL
PER CLIMATOLOGY. H850 TEMPS ARE ONLY PROGGED TO BE 1 TO 2 STANDARD
DEVIATIONS ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY THIS WEEK.

MEANWHILE...A DEEPENING LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST
OVER THE BERING SEA. STRONG...MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...PERSISTING THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG
JET WILL ROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH...50 KTS AT H850...50 TO 60
KTS AT H700...WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN
ALASKA...WITH STRONGER WINDS ALOFT PERSISTING OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL MOVE EAST
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT IS DRAPED ALONG
THE ARCTIC COAST TODAY WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE TONIGHT. A 1031 MB HIGH
PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE WILL STRENGTHEN TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY TO 1036 MB.

AN OCCLUDED FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A 980 MB LOW NORTH OF THE RAT
ISLANDS WILL SHIFT EAST TO THE BERING STRAIT TO THE YUKON DELTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING...THEN STALL..REMAINING QUASI-STATIONARY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY OVER THE WEST COAST. THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW WILL DRIFT
SLOWLY EAST AND WEAKEN TO 1010 MB NEAR SAINT MATTHEWS ISLAND BY
THURSDAY MORNING.

NORTH SLOPE...FOG AND LOW CEILINGS IN STRATUS IN THE NEAR TERM AND
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL
BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS. CURRENTLY...PATCHES OF DENSE FOG
AND LIFR TO IFR CEILINGS IN STRATUS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED FROM
BARROW EAST TO BARTER ISLAND. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE LOW CEILINGS
AND FOG TONIGHT AND SHOULD START TO SEE IMPROVEMENT AS THE ARCTIC
FRONT LIFTS NORTH AND WINDS BECOME OFFSHORE LATE TUESDAY.

A RAPID WARMUP...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST AND
PLAINS...WILL OCCUR WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO BE AT LEAST 10
DEGREES WARMER TODAY THAN IT WAS TODAY...WITH 40S FORECAST ALONG
THE COAST AND 50S TO AROUND 60 FORECAST FOR THE ARCTIC PLAIN AND
FOOTHILLS NORTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW PACK
TO RIPEN WITH MELTING EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS WEEK. WILL NEED
TO MONITOR LOCATIONS ACROSS THE ARCTIC PLAIN...ESPECIALLY THE SAG
RIVER...FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING LATER THIS WEEK.

WESTERN ALASKA....STRONG...MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA AND WESTERN INTERIOR AS AN WET AND ACTIVE
PATTERN ESTABLISHES ITSELF. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER THE YUKON DELTA TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTH ALONG THE WEST COAST REACHING THE
NORTHWEST BROOKS RANGE BY LATE TUESDAY. 1 TO 2 INCHES OR MORE OF
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL...HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTH FACING
SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE AND SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL OVER AREAS WHERE THERE IS FROZEN OR
SNOW COVERED GROUND AND WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO
STREAMS AND RIVERS. A FLOOD WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR ZONES
208...210...211 AND 217 FOR THESE REASONS.

WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WEST COAST TONIGHT...WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONG WINDS
HEADLINES HAVE BEEN ISSUED ALL WEST COAST ZONES EXPECT FOR ZONE 209.

EASTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR...MAIN CONCERN WILL THE STRONG
ANOMALOUS RIDGE AND SIGNIFICANT WARMING EXPECTED THIS WEEK. ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT AS
SHORTWAVE MOVES OVERHEAD.

STRONG...ANOMALOUS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN
INTERIOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT WARMING AND
DRYING WILL TAKE PLACE AS H850 TEMPERATURES CLIMB FROM NEAR +1C
THIS MORNING TO TO +7C TO +8C WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN TO +8C TO
+10C BY WEEKS END. THIS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE
RANGING FROM MID 60S TO LOWER 70S WEDNESDAY...TO POSSIBLY THE MID
TO UPPER 70S BY FRIDAY. FOR THE FAIRBANKS AREA...AFTERNOON HIGHS
MID TO LATE WEEK WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL...BUT ARE EXPECTED NOT TO
BREAK ANY RECORDS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE WILL STRENGTHEN
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUE AND WED. THIS MEANS SOUTH GAP FLOW
THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES WILL INCREASE AND GUST FROM THE SOUTH
30+ MPH TUE AND WED. THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL SEE TEMPERATURES
RISING TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL BY TUE AND REMAIN WARM AND DRY THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
COULD SEE 2 OR MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER SOUTH FACING TERRAIN
TUE- THU. THIS WILL CAUSE RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY BY MIDWEEK ALONG
THE WEST COAST AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN NW ALASKA WHERE GROUND
REMAINS FROZEN AND RUN OFF WILL BE HIGHER AS WELL AS IN KIGLUAIK
MOUNTAINS AND THE COAST OF THE SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA. FLOOD
WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR RAIN AND SNOW MELT FOR ZONES
208...217...210 AND 211.

ON THE NORTH SLOPE...SIGNIFICANT WARM UP ON THE NORTH SLOPE FROM
TUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WILL CAUSE MELTING TO BEGIN BY
MID WEEK WITH RIVERS STARTING TO SEE RISING WATER IN THE LATE THIS
WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. THE SAG RIVER AUFEIS AREA WILL NEED TO BE
MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING LATE THIS WEEK.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH FOR AKZ208-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ217.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ230.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

LTH MAY 16

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
118 PM AKDT MON MAY 9 2016

AKZ207>217-227-101500-
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY-
NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA-
SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST-
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-YUKON DELTA-
LOWER YUKON VALLEY-LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG...
NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK...
BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK...
PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR...NOME...
WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...
ELIM...KOYUK...SHAKTOOLIK...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...
TELLER...WALES...DIOMEDE...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK...
ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...
MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...PITKAS POINT...RUSSIAN MISSION...
GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK...ANVIK...FLAT...GALENA...
NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...
KOBUK...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
118 PM AKDT MON MAY 9 2016

...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL

STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA
WILL BRING WET WEATHER TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA AND THE NORTHWEST
BROOKS RANGE THIS WEEK. TWO OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING ON SOUTH
FACING SLOPES. THE RAIN FALLING ON THE REMAINING WINTER SNOWPACK
AND FROZEN GROUND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS
AND RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL END BY THURSDAY
ON THE SEWARD PENINSULA...BUT MORE RAIN IS POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY IN
THE BROOKS RANGE.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR LATEST PRODUCTS AND ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
FOR THE LATEST FORECAST...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FAIRBANKS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
247 PM AKDT MON MAY 9 2016

AKZ207>217-227-101100-
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY-
NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA-
SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST-
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-YUKON DELTA-
LOWER YUKON VALLEY-LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG...
NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK...
BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK...
PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR...NOME...
WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...
ELIM...KOYUK...SHAKTOOLIK...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...
TELLER...WALES...DIOMEDE...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK...
ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...
MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...PITKAS POINT...RUSSIAN MISSION...
GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK...ANVIK...FLAT...GALENA...
NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...
KOBUK...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
247 PM AKDT MON MAY 9 2016

...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS WEEK...

STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA
WILL BRING WET WEATHER TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA AND THE NORTHWEST
BROOKS RANGE THIS WEEK. TWO OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING ON SOUTH
FACING SLOPES. THE RAIN FALLING ON THE REMAINING WINTER SNOWPACK
AND FROZEN GROUND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS
AND RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL END BY THURSDAY
ON THE SEWARD PENINSULA...BUT MORE RAIN IS POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY IN
THE BROOKS RANGE.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR LATEST PRODUCTS AND ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
FOR THE LATEST FORECAST...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FAIRBANKS.