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FXAK69 PAFG 201400
AFDAFG
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
500 AM AKST THU FEB 20 2025
SYNOPSIS
A ODDITY FOR NORTHERN ALASKA DURING THE WINTER SEASON, NO ACTIVE
PUBLIC ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS. STRONG WINDS AND SOME SOME WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE BERING STRAIT AND NORTHWEST ALASKA WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND OR
BLOWING SNOW. WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE INTERIOR THROUGH THE WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE
RUSSIAN ARCTIC TOWARDS THE ARCTIC AND NORTHERN ALASKA AND THE
RIDGE PERSISTS INTO THE WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...
- GUSTY EAST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PICK UP OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN AND SUMMITS OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR ON WEDNESDAY.
- ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...
- STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS DEVELOP, ESPECIALLY OVER THE CHUKCHI
AND BERING SEAS AND ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS. AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE.
NORTH SLOPE AND BROOKS RANGE...
- COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE WITH
PERSISTENT NORTHERLY FLOW.
- STRONG WINDS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL REACH POINT HOPE
THURSDAY.
- WINDS COULD STAY STRONG INTO THE WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE
PRODUCING LOCALIZED GROUND BLIZZARDS.
FORECAST DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS...
PERIODS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BERING
STRAIT THROUGH THURSDAY. CONDITIONS ARE NEAR BLIZZARD BUT NOT
QUITE THERE AND SINCE SYSTEM WILL BE WEAKENING NOT EXPECTED TO
REACH WARNING LEVELS TO THE WARING WAS DROPPED. STRONG
NORTHEASTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE CHUKCHI AND
BERING SEAS AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ALEUTIANS INTENSIFIES. GUSTS
BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE, LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH
DEVELOPS OVER THE INTERIOR SUMMITS ON WEDNESDAY. THE REST OF THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE LOOKS TO HAVE QUIET WEATHER. A
CLOUDY PATTERN WITH SOME MINOR LIGHT SNOW, WHILE A GOOD PORTION OF
THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE
INTERIOR.
EXTENDED FORECAST DAYS 4-7...
THE EXTENDED LOOKS QUIET FOR THE MOST PART WITH THE POLAR JET
SHIFTING SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTH PACIFIC. WEAK RIDGING PERSISTS
OVER THE INTERIOR WHILE WEAK WAVES MOVE UP ALONG THE WEST COAST
THURSDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT KEEPS
NORTHEASTERLY FLOW STRONG ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND COAST.
GALES LIKELY TO PERSIST ACROSS THE CHUKCHI AND BERING SEAS.
TEMPERATURES LOOK SEASONABLE IF NOT SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN AVERAGE
SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE.
COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE.
AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AK...NONE.
PK...BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ802.
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ803-853.
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ804-805-807-812-850-852-858.
GALE WARNING FOR PKZ806.
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ809.
GALE WARNING FOR PKZ810.
GALE WARNING FOR PKZ811-816-817-851-854-856-857.
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ815.
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ861.
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