NCEP WPC Alaska Desk Graphics Descriptive
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Issued Wed 19:01Z Mar 18 2026

day	cyc/mdl	blend	confidence	comments
D4	12/ecm	015%	Above Average
	06/eca	015%	Above Average
	00/ece	010%	Above Average
	12/gfs	010%	Above Average
	12/cmc	010%	Above Average
	12/cme	010%	Above Average
	12/gem	015%	Above Average
	12/naf	015%	Above Average
D5	12/ecm	015%	Above Average
	06/eca	015%	Above Average
	00/ece	010%	Above Average
	12/gfs	010%	Above Average
	12/cmc	010%	Above Average
	12/cme	010%	Above Average
	12/gem	015%	Above Average
	12/naf	015%	Above Average
D6	12/ecm	015%	Above Average
	06/eca	015%	Above Average
	00/ece	010%	Above Average
	12/gfs	010%	Above Average
	12/cmc	010%	Above Average
	12/cme	010%	Above Average
	12/gem	015%	Above Average
	12/naf	015%	Above Average
D7	12/ecm	015%	Above Average
	06/eca	015%	Above Average
	00/ece	010%	Above Average
	12/gfs	010%	Above Average
	12/cmc	010%	Above Average
	12/cme	010%	Above Average
	12/gem	015%	Above Average
	12/naf	015%	Above Average
D8	12/ecm	015%	Above Average
	06/eca	015%	Above Average
	00/ece	010%	Above Average
	12/gfs	010%	Above Average
	12/cmc	010%	Above Average
	12/cme	010%	Above Average
	12/gem	015%	Above Average
	12/naf	015%	Above Average

FORECASTER: Schichtel

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CYC/MDL : Preferred cycle/model used as starting point (y=yesterday)
BLND : Weighting per model used to help generate 500 mb graphic
CONFIDENCE : Forecaster's subjective confidence (Below, Average, Above)
COMMENTS : Optional comments supplied by forecaster

Model Key
cmc: Candian
ecm: ECMWF hires
ece: ECMWF Ens Mean
eca: ECMWF AIFS
gem: GEFS Mean
gfs: GFS
gfp: GFS parallel
hak: Previous WPC AK fcst
naf: NAEFS_bc Mean
nam: NAM
nog: NAVGEM
srm: SREF Mean
ukm: UKMET