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PKZ763 Kuskokwim Delta And Etolin Strait Out To 15 Nm- 302 Pm Akdt Wed Apr 24 2024
Tonight - SE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 1 foot.Thu - SE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 1 foot.Thu night - SE wind 15 kt becoming E after midnight. Seas in ice free waters 1 foot in the evening becoming 2 ft.Fri - NE wind 10 kt. Seas in ice free waters 1 foot.Fri night - N wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 1 foot.Sat through Sun - NW wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 1 foot.Mon - NW wind 10 kt. Seas in ice free waters 1 foot.

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FXAK69 PAFG 250025 AFDAFG

Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 425 PM AKDT Wed Apr 24 2024

SYNOPSIS

Clear and quiet weather continues across Interior Alaska. Areas of clouds and light rain continue along a front stretching from the Bering Strait to Nome to Aniak. Low clouds and fog persist on the North Slope, with blizzard conditions expected to begin from Nuiqsut east starting Thursday morning.

DISCUSSION

Analysis and Model Discussion...Strong ridging continues to build over northern Alaska while a vertically stacked low persists over the Bering Sea. This is bringing areas of light precipitation to the West Coast and very sunny, clear, and calm weather to the Interior. Clouds are trapped beneath high pressure on the Arctic Coast with very low ceilings and low visibility. The low in the Bering Sea will shift into the Gulf of Alaska by Friday night, bringing an end to the light precipitation on the West Coast.
Ridging will strengthen over the Interior and North Slope through Thursday, then weaken slightly through the weekend. A building area of surface high pressure in the Arctic will bring strong east winds and blizzard conditions to the central and Eastern Arctic Coast on Thursday and Friday.

Models are in good agreement on the forecast through the short term period. By Saturday night, the ECMWF is slightly slower than the consensus NAM/GFS/Canadian solutions in moving the low in the Bering Sea into the Gulf of Alaska. We will use a blend of models for the forecast package, and trend toward the GFS starting late Saturday.

West Coast and Western Interior...A weak front remains stationary from the Bering Strait to Nome to Aniak and is bringing areas of clouds and light rain. Precipitation will intensify slightly overnight tonight, but is still expected to be mostly light.
Precipitation will diminish Friday. Winds will be mainly offshore at 15 mph or less with high temperatures in the 30s along the coast and in the 40s inland.

Central and Eastern Interior...Very quiet and pleasant weather continues across the area. High temperatures will trend a couple of degrees warmer on Thursday, into the upper 50s to mid 60s.
Highs Friday through the weekend will trend back to the low 50s by Sunday. Light southerly gap winds of 15 to 20 mph are expected through Alaska Range passes Thursday and Friday.

North Slope and Brooks Range...Areas of fog and low clouds remain trapped beneath high pressure along the Arctic Coast with clear skies in the Brooks Range. Building high pressure will keep these low clouds in place across the Arctic Coast. East winds increase to 25-35 mph with gusts 45 to 50 mph across the Central and Eastern Arctic Coast starting Thursday morning and continuing through Friday evening. This will bring blizzard conditions to the area. Temperatures will range from the upper 30s for highs along the north side of the Brooks Range tomorrow to the single digits below zero for lows along the Arctic Coast Saturday morning.

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

Extended Forecast For Days 4 Through 7...Ridging will persist over northern Alaska, bringing continued fair weather. The ridging will be weaker than this week, so temperatures will trend back to near or slightly below normal. Any precipitation is expected to be very light.

FIRE WEATHER
Relative humidities will reach critical levels (25% or lower) Thursday and Friday across the Tanana Valley. The lowest RHs will be near and south of Delta Junction at around 15%.
South winds through Alaska Range passes will gust to around 25 mph early Thursday morning through Friday morning, with poor RH recovery expected in this area Thursday night. High temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s near Delta Junction and in the low to mid 60s across the rest of the middle Tanana Valley.

HYDROLOGY
River and lake ice continues to decay across the Interior. Use extreme caution if traveling on ice.



AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
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