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LONG TERM FORECAST (Days 4 through 7: Friday through Monday)
High pressure building over mainland Alaska and the southern Gulf of Alaska will allow for disorganized areas of low pressure and associated precipitation in the SE Panhandle into near Cordova. Out west, a front moving over the Aleutian Chain will bring precipitation and elevated winds to the Bering Sea and Kuskokwim Delta Friday. Models begin to diverge by the weekend with increasing uncertainty regarding the timing and placement of features, but a progressive upper level shortwave pattern will keep elevated chances of stormy weather for the Bering Sea and west coast. Forecast high temperatures over southern Alaska look to remain around average to above average through the period. By Monday, forecast confidence diminishes with little agreement over Southern Alaska besides another front entering the Western Bering and Aleutians.
AVIATION
PANC...Ceilings in will increase in coverage and gradually decrease through Tuesday morning as a system approaches from the south. Light snow will work up the Cook Inlet through the morning hours...working into the terminal between about 12-15Z. Precipitation will start to erode with increasing ceilings as low to mid- level flow becomes more easterly after 18Z.
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