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Area Forecast Discussion · National Weather Service Fairbanks (AFG) · issued Thursday, July 16 at 3:02 PM AKDT.
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Synopsis
Generally quiet weather persists in Northern Alaska with ongoing troughing expected to remain the dominant feature through Saturday. An upper low in SW Alaska will provide showers and areas of rain to Western AK through Friday with another low taking its place this weekend, prolonging the wet pattern out west. Expect a few showers to exit the Central/Eastern Interior today with more wet weather returning to the Northern Interior and Brooks Range Friday afternoon. With the low mainly situated over Western AK, a ridge will try to build over Western Canada providing southerly flow and drier weather to the Central/Eastern Interior, particularly south of the White Mountains this weekend. This pattern will also result in periods of AK Range gap winds around 40 mph with stronger winds, potentially up to 60 mph this weekend.
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