ALASKA EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 215 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 VALID 12Z SUN AUG 14 2016 - 12Z THU AUG 18 2016 THE 10/00Z ECENS/GEFS MEANS AND PREVIOUS WPC MASS FIELD FORECASTS LOOKED TO BE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE THROUGH DAY 6 --- AND GENERALLY RESOLVE THE MIGRATORY PATH OF A MID-LEVEL CYCLONE TRACKING FROM THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA TO THE GULF OF ALASKA --- DURING THE EARLY PORTION OF THIS PARTICULAR MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD. AND JUST WHEN THE FORECAST FOR 'OMAIS'-INFUSED ENERGY TO STABILIZE INTO A DECENT MID-RANGE FORECAST AND 'TRACK-ABLE' MID-LEVEL WAVELENGTH FEATURE ... TS 'CONSON' STARTS TO CREEP INTO THE SOLUTIONS (FROM THE WEST) DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. LIKE 'OMAIS' --- 'CONSON' WILL TAKE A FEW CYCLE RUNS TO REASONABLY 'SLOT' INTO THE WESTERLIES AND RE-ENERGIZE THE GULF OF ALASKA CYCLONE EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE AHEAD OF CONSON'S SERIES OF WAVE PACKETS MIGRATING ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTHERN PACIFIC BASIN. AS MENTIONED YESTERDAY... THE PATTERN WILL SUPPORT A WET FEW DAYS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST INTO THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE DAY 4 AND DAY 5... WHEN THE SYNOPTIC-SCALE WARM FRONT FINALLY PRESSES EASTWARD INTO WESTERN CANADA. LAST THING I WANTED TO DO TODAY --- GIVEN ALL THE ENERGY INTRODUCED AND TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE MID-LATITUDE FLOW --- WAS TO RUIN A DECENT FORECAST. VOJTESAK