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LONG TERM FORECAST (Days 4 through 7: Friday through Monday)

The trend towards warmer, drier conditions continues through the long term period as high pressure remains over much of mainland Alaska and the northern Gulf of Alaska. Broad troughing is forecast to slide across the southern Bering and Aleutians Friday through Saturday. While not particularly strong, intermittent rain chances are likely beneath and downstream of the trough, with the greatest chance for rain stretching from Unalaska and Saint Paul to coastal Southwest Alaska through Saturday. By Sunday into early next week, the low tracks into the North Pacific with its front remaining well south of the northern Gulf coast.

AVIATION

PANC...VFR conditions will persist through this evening. Showers remain possible early this morning and again later this afternoon, and may bring ceilings down briefly to MVFR levels; however, ceilings will recover quickly to VFR for the remainder of the forecast period. Lingering gusty southeast winds overnight will quickly shut off by early this morning with a light westerly wind developing late this morning and continuing through late this evening.

-CL/TM