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PKZ200 Norton Sound- 420 Am Akst Wed Mar 8 2023
Today - SW winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 nm or less. Tonight - N winds 20 kt. Thu - N winds 10 kt. Thu night - N winds 10 kt. Fri - N winds 5 kt. Fri night - N winds 10 kt. Sat - N winds 15 kt. Sun - N winds 20 kt.

PKZ200 Norton Sound- 420 Am Akst Wed Mar 8 2023
Today - SW winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 nm or less. Tonight - N winds 20 kt. Thu - N winds 10 kt. Thu night - N winds 10 kt. Fri - N winds 5 kt. Fri night - N winds 10 kt. Sat - N winds 15 kt. Sun - N winds 20 kt.

FXAK69 PAFG 232314 AFDAFG

Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 314 PM AKDT Tue Apr 23 2024

SYNOPSIS

Quiet weather persists over most of northern Alaska. A front stretching from Gambell to Hooper Bay is bringing light snow and areas of blowing snow and reduced visibility to St. Lawrence Island and the Yukon Delta. This front will weaken and push inland through tonight, bringing mostly just light rain to the Seward Peninsula. A strong ridge of high pressure aloft will build back in over the Interior and bring warmer temperatures and sunny skies through the end of the week.

DISCUSSION

Analysis and Model Discussion...A strong ridge of high pressure aloft is building over the Interior. A weak shortwave is bringing cloud cover and isolated showers north and east of Fairbanks this afternoon. A vertically stacked low pressure system in the Bering Sea is bringing a weak front to the West Coast. This front currently lies from Gambell to Hooper Bay and will move to the Bering Strait to Nome to Aniak by noon Wednesday. High pressure will continue to build over the Interior through Thursday before weakening slightly on Friday. Southerly flow will bring continued areas of light precipitation to the west coast through Friday.
High pressure building over the Beaufort Sea will bring sustained east winds around 30 mph to the Arctic Coast on Thursday and Friday.

West Coast and Western Interior...A front bringing light snow and blowing snow from St. Lawrence Island to the Yukon Delta will weaken as it moves east tonight. Expecting most of the light precipitation over the mainland to be rain by this evening.
Temperatures will be mostly steady through Friday with highs in the 30s near the coast and in the 40s and 50s in the western Interior. Winds will be mainly offshore along the coast at 10 to 15 mph.

Central and Eastern Interior...The remnants of a weak shortwave aloft is bringing clouds and very isolated showers north and east of Fairbanks this afternoon. Ridging continuing to build will put an end to this activity tonight and conditions will return to clear and above normal temperatures. Light winds are expected with the exception of southerly gap winds through Alaska Range passes around 15-20 mph Thursday and Friday. High temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s.

North Slope and Brooks Range...High pressure will continue to build over the area. The high will shift north through Thursday.
As that happens, east winds will increase along the Arctic Coast to 25 to 30 mph Thursday and Friday. This will bring areas of blowing snow, but significantly reduced visibility is not expected. Winds in the Brooks Range will remain light.
Temperatures will range from highs in the 30s in the Brooks Range to lows near zero across the Arctic Plain and Coast by Friday morning. Highs along the coast will be mostly in the teens above zero.

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

Extended Forecast For Days 4 Through 7...Ridging looks to persist over the Interior and gradually spread over the West Coast, though weaker than in the short term. This should bring slightly cooler temperatures and more cloud cover to the Interior, and drier and less cloudy conditions to the West Coast. The GFS has been favored for the extended forecast, though models have now come into better agreement with the ECMWF now showing a very similar solution to the original GFS solution, supporting continued ridging over the Interior.

AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
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Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ802.
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Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ807.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ813>815-859>861.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ816-850.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ817-853-854.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ851.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ856.

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Tue -- 04:59 AM AKDT     0.65 feet Low Tide
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Tue -- 12:56 PM AKDT     1.48 feet High Tide
Tue -- 03:51 PM AKDT     Full Moon
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Tue -- 03:18 AM AKDT     1.02 feet Low Tide
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Tue -- 06:50 AM AKDT     Sunrise
Tue -- 11:15 AM AKDT     2.32 feet High Tide
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Tue -- 07:33 PM AKDT     0.75 feet Low Tide
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