Ester, Alaska 7 Day Weather Forecast

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Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
135 PM AKST Sun Dec 14 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
Very cold conditions look to highlight much of the week ahead,
especially across eastern portions of the region. There will be a
few disturbances which will bring rounds of lighter snow at times
to northern and western regions. There is even the chance for a
light snow shower or two to reach portions of the interior by mid
week. But even if the interior doesn`t see much snow, some clouds
will certainly cross the interior at times which would help bring
temps up a bit around mid week before bitter cold returns to wrap
up the week.

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.KEY WEATHER MESSAGES...
Central and Eastern Interior...

- Widespread temperatures in the 30s and 40s below zero will
  continue tonight through Monday afternoon in clear areas.
  However, areas beneath any remaining status before then will be
  in the teens below.

- Above 1500ft temperatures will largely be in the teens and 20s
  below zero.

- Clouds move in Monday night into Tuesday with some light snow
  possible, especially west of the Fairbanks metro. This will
  limit the very cold temperatures to teens and 20s below zero.

- North winds to 40 mph in the AK Range Passes through Monday
  night may result in areas of blowing snow and low visibility
  along with cold wind chills as low as 50 below zero. Winds will
  remain breezy into mid week with areas of blowing snow and cold
  wind chills.

West Coast and Western Interior...

- Colder temperatures will give way to slightly milder conditions
  early next week with clouds and light snow. Where skies remain
  clear with calm winds, temperatures in the Interior Valleys
  will be around 25F to 35F below zero with single digits
  above/below zero along the coast.

- The next system will arrive Monday afternoon to the NW Arctic
  Borough and Northern Seward Peninsula before weakening as it
  moves southeast through Tuesday. Snow accumulations will be
  light; generally 1 inch or less, with NW winds 15-25 mph
  northwest of Kaltag.

- Another system has the potential to bring more significant
  snowfall to most coastal areas beginning Wednesday night, though
  accumulations do not look to be greater than 4".

North Slope and Brooks Range..

- Areas of light snow will move from the Arctic Coast to the
  Brooks Range through early tonight with up to 2 inches of snow
  expected in the Brooks Range and around 1 inch along the coast.

- A more robust area of snow arrives Monday afternoon and
  continues through Wednesday with light snow and west/northwest
  winds gusting 20 to 40 mph.
- Snow accumulations around 1 to 3 inches along the coast with 3
   to 6 inches possible in the northern slopes of the Brooks
   Range.
- Localized blizzard conditions possible, especially along the
   eastern Arctic coast and in the Eastern Brooks Range by
   midweek.

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.FORECAST ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...
Light snow and blowing snow continue across the eastern Arctic
coast and eastern Brooks Range this afternoon. But this will end
tonight as a 1030 Surface high settles over the area. However, the
gradient between this high and a strong low in the Gulf will
result in strong gap winds through the eastern Alaska range,
gusting up to 50 mph near Isabel Pass which could result in
blowing snow and reduced visibilities tonight through Monday
evening.

Meanwhile the main weather story continues to focus on the
extremely cold conditions that remain entrenched across the
Interior. A persistent area of low stratus and fog stretching
across the Tanana Valley last night and much of today prevented
many areas from seeing temps bottom out today. Under the clouds
temps stayed in the minus teens, but where skies were clear across
the interior, -30`s and -40`s dominated. This area of stratus
started to erode this afternoon and should continue to do
overnight as 950 mb winds pick up a bit from the northeast. This
means a very cold night for most lies ahead.

Across the west models are in good agreement that a weak
disturbance will manage to spread snowfall across the northwest
coast starting late Monday and this area of snow will continue
working east across the North Slope and Brooks Range through mid
week. As the system crosses just north of the eastern Arctic
coast Tuesday into early Wednesday, a brief period of enhanced
winds may produce more blowing snow along the eastern Arctic
coastline.

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.EXTENDED FORECAST DAYS 4-7...Thursday through Sunday...
The upper air pattern continues to show very little change as we
begin the extended period Thursday. With ridging over the Bering
and troughing across the east we will continue to be dominated by
northerly flow with frigid arctic air entrenched over all but the
west coast where a weak trough will be trying to top the ridge
and will be bringing a band of snow showers onshore. This feature
will weaken as it pushes east, but it may spread some cloud cover
over the central interior which will lift temps a bit. But areas
that stay cloud free will remain extremely cold. By Saturday and
Sunday a stronger low moving east from Siberia is depicted, which
would break down the western ridge and push it east allowing for a
milder air mass to push across much of the region and allow for
snow to push from the west coast eastward across the Interior and
North Slope. While this outcome will eventually become a reality,
models may be developing this scenario a bit too soon and it may
well be just beyond the extended period before this happens.

Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AK...Winter Weather Advisory for AKZ850.
PK...Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ807-856-858.
     Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ811.
     Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ814-860.
     Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ815.
     Small Craft Advisory for PKZ816-817-854.
     Small Craft Advisory for PKZ851.
     Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ857.
     Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ861.
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Laney