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FXAK69 PAFG 192236
AFDAFG

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
136 PM AKST WED NOV 19 2008

.DISCUSSION...A MAINLY DRY UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS SLID
SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR. CLOUDS FROM A
LOW AND FRONTAL SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA ARE 
WRAPPING WEST AND NORTH OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR.

MODELS IN BASIC AGREEMENT WITH MAIN FEATURES. NORTHWEST
INTERIOR UPPER LOW WILL SLIDE A LITTLE FURTHER S AND W
NEXT 36-48 HOURS...FORCED BY UPPER RIDGING AHEAD OF THE
GULF AK LOW AMPLIFYING N. GULF LOW WILL LIFT N OVER ERN
INTERIOR...WEAKENING INTO UPPER TROUGH...FRI. THEREAFTER
A MILDER SWRLY FLOW DEVELOPS OVER AK FROM SRN BERING/N
PACIFIC WITH PERIODIC SHORT-WAVES BY SUN...CONTINUING
INTO NEXT WEEK.

N SLOPE: DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH LEAVES REGION UNDER WEAK
FLOW REGIME WITH USUAL AREAS OF STRATUS/FLURRIES. INCREASING
NE WINDS BY FRI WITH LOW LIFTING N INTO INTERIOR COULD 
GENERATE BLSN ISSUES BY THEN.

W COAST: UPPER/SURFACE RIDGING JUST OFFSHORE FROM BERING 
INTO CHUKCHI SEA WILL CONTINUE DRY WEATHER WITH NRLY SURFACE
WINDS THROUGH THU. UPPER LOW OVER NW INTERIOR JUST HAS CLOUDS
AND POSSIBLY A FEW FLURRIES. INCREASING CLOUDS FRI FROM UPPER
LOW LIFTING N OVER INTERIOR. 

INTERIOR: FLURRIES OR VERY -SN WILL SPREAD E OVER ZONES 224/
226/223 TONIGHT...AND ABOUT AS FAR W AS PFYU-PAFA BY THU EVENING.
MORE WIDESPREAD -SN MOST AREAS FRI INTO SAT. AS GULF AK UPPER
LOW LIFTS N...BUT AMOUNTS NOT LIKELY TO BE VERY HEAVY. NE
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL TIGHTEN UP LATE TONIGHT/THU IN
ADVANCE OF THIS OVER ZONES 219/220/221/222. THIS WILL BRING
GUSTY NE WINDS TO HIGHER TERRAIN AND AREAS BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
FRI IN THESE ZONES. 

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.
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MAR NOV 08