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Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
347 PM AKST Thu Feb 5 2026

.SYNOPSIS...
Gusty easterly winds across the Northwest Arctic Borough and
Western Arctic Coast continue through Friday. Temperatures cool
across the North Slope and Interior over the weekend as a cold,
dense airmass attempts to push into Northern Alaska. This airmass
will be pushed away by a low approaching the Bering Sea early next
week bringing areas of gusty winds, widespread snow, and warming
temperatures to the region next week.

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

- Scattered snow showers will continue across the Interior and
  through Saturday, with an additional 1-3" of snow expected
  primarily north of Fairbanks and in the Alaska Range.

- Southerly gap winds through Isabel Pass gust up to 45 mph weaken
  Thursday night into Friday.

- Temperatures will see an overall cooling trend into the weekend,
  with coldest locations reaching down into the -10s to -30s
  range. Temperatures then warm again next week.

- Moisture from the Gulf of Alaska will lift north Monday into
  Monday, supporting another round of scattered snow chances.

West Coast and Western Interior...

- East to northeast wind gusts up to 20-40 mph will continue
  along the West Coast and across higher elevations of the
  Interior through the weekend, locally stronger up to 50 mph from
  the NW Arctic Coast southwest through the Bering Straight to
  St. Lawrence Island.

- Scattered snow showers will continue across Western Alaska
  through the weekend, with up to 2" of additional snow expected.

- Warmer temperatures will continue to lift north through Friday,
  with highs reaching into the teens/20s, warmest on the Y-K Delta
  in the 30s.

- Confidence is increasing for a strong Bering Sea storm to arrive
  Tuesday into Wednesday, bringing widespread snowfall across the
  southwestern Interior, the Lower Yukon, and the Norton Sound
  Coast and strong northerly winds through the Bering Strait
  through midweek.

North Slope and Brooks Range...

- Very cold and dry conditions will continue across the North
  Slope through the weekend, with air temperatures in the 20s to
  40s below zero as wind chills drop to as cold as -60F.

- Gusty winds on the Arctic Coast will be mostly confined to the
  Western Arctic Coast through the weekend.

- Winds in the Brooks Range will be strongest across higher
  elevations west of Anaktuvuk Pass, with much lighter winds
  favored east over Atigun Pass and the Eastern Brooks Range.

- A Blizzard Warning remains in effect for Point Lay due to strong
  winds creating a shallow layer of blowing snow.

- The cold and dry pattern is expected to continue until the
  middle part of next week. Southwest flow will lead to warming
  temperatures and increasing snow chances.

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.FORECAST ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...
For Thursday through Sunday.
At the start of the forecast period Thursday, gusty easterly and
northeasterly winds across the North Slope and West Coast are
being fueled by a strong pressure gradient between a 1040 millibar
high pressure system in the high Arctic north of Wrangel Island
and a 983 millibar low pressure system near the southwesternmost
point of the Alaska Peninsula. These winds slowly weaken as the
low weakens and moves northwest into the Bering Sea. Another round
of scattered snow showers is expected along the West Coast
Thursday night into Friday as that low moves north. Colder
temperatures push southwest from Canada as a colder airmass
attempts to move over Northern Alaska. Temperatures fall into the
double digits below 0 for much of the Interior and North Slope
this weekend before warming again from the southwest next week.

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.EXTENDED FORECAST DAYS 4-7...
For Sunday Night through Wednesday.
Temperatures across Northern Alaska stay cool through the weekend
and into Monday, with highs consistently below zero and lows
dipping into the 20s and 30s below. Across the North Slope,
temperatures will range between the 30s and 40s below, with wind
chill values as cold as the 50s and 60s below possible. Heading
into midweek, we can expect to see a pattern shift usher in new
chances for widespread snowfall, warmer temperatures, and windier
conditions as a strong low moves into the Bering Sea on Tuesday.
With this new system, warm southerly flow ramps up again for much
of the Interior, bringing a return of warmer temperatures and
scattered snowfall. The heaviest snowfall accumulations are
expected across the southwestern Interior/YK Delta, with light to
moderate accumulations for the central and eastern Interior. As
the Bering Sea low continues to track northward through the week,
we can expect to see strong northerly winds blowing through the
Bering Strait, with increasing winds slowly ramping up across the
Lisburne Peninsula as well.

Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AK...Blizzard Warning for AKZ801.
PK...Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ802.
     Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ803.
     Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ804-805-807>810-816-817-851>856.
     Gale Warning for PKZ811-857-858.
     Gale Warning for PKZ812.
     Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ850.
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