Ester, Alaska 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Ester AK
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Ester AK
Issued by: National Weather Service Fairbanks, AK |
Updated: 11:16 am AKDT Jun 26, 2025 |
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This Afternoon
 Chance Showers
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Tonight
 Haze
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Friday
 Haze
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Friday Night
 Mostly Cloudy
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Saturday
 Isolated Showers
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Saturday Night
 Scattered Showers
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Sunday
 Chance Showers
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Sunday Night
 Chance Showers
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Monday
 Scattered Showers
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Hi 67 °F |
Lo 50 °F |
Hi 71 °F |
Lo 54 °F |
Hi 73 °F |
Lo 56 °F |
Hi 72 °F |
Lo 56 °F |
Hi 73 °F |
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This Afternoon
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A 50 percent chance of showers. Areas of smoke. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. South wind around 5 mph. |
Tonight
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Widespread haze. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. |
Friday
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Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. |
Friday Night
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Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. West wind around 5 mph. |
Saturday
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Isolated showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%. |
Saturday Night
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Scattered showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Chance of precipitation is 30%. |
Sunday
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A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. |
Sunday Night
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A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. |
Monday
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Scattered showers, mainly before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. |
Monday Night
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Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. |
Tuesday
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Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. |
Tuesday Night
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Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. |
Wednesday
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Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Ester AK.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
994
FXAK69 PAFG 252117
AFDAFG
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
117 PM AKDT Wed Jun 25 2025
.SYNOPSIS...
The story of the day, more rain and cool temperatures still. Heavy
rain over the Southern and Western Interior will be monitored
tonight through tomorrow. Widespread rainfall totals over 0.25"
are expected over much of the Interior with some spots approaching
or exceeding 1" total through tomorrow. Otherwise, Friday will be
drying in most spots. The North Slope will continue to be near
normal and mostly dry with the Brooks Range receiving showers and
thunderstorms each afternoon.
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.KEY WEATHER MESSAGES...
Central and Eastern Interior...
- Continued showers becoming more numerous this afternoon.
- Isolated thunderstorms mostly north of the Tanana Valley
with most thunderstorm activity centered from the Yukon
Tanana Uplands to the Brooks Range.
- Heavy rain in the southern Interior this evening through
tomorrow morning with a widespread 0.25 to 0.50". Heaviest rain
will be in the terrain around Fairbanks and along the Alaska
Range which could see more than 0.50 inches tonight.
- Friday dries out and becomes more typical with temps in the low 70s
along with scattered showers and isolated storms.
- Warming and drying trend this weekend to near normal
temperatures.
- Numerous rounds of rain possible in the Eastern Interior from
Sunday through the middle of next week (will be monitored for
days of heavy rain possible).
West Coast and Western Interior...
- Cool and wet weather continues with heavy rain from a low moving
into the Western Interior tomorrow into Friday.
- A wide swath of 0.50 to 1.00" is expected from Russian Mission
north/west to the Western Brooks Range and Southern AK Range.
- Breezy conditions develop from the Western Seward Pen to the YK
Delta with gusts of 20 to 30 mph from the north/northwest.
Thursday night to Friday morning.
- Conditions dry out on Saturday with lingering showers expected.
- Drying trend continues into next week.
North Slope and Brooks Range..
- Isolated thunderstorms along the Brooks Range and one change is,
there is a chance for storms along the Eastern Arctic Coast
today.
- Continued seasonable weather across the area, low stratus and
some fog, locally dense along the coast.
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.FORECAST ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...
The main piece of the forecast today is a strong shortwave moving
over the Alaska Range bringing heavy rain to portions of the
Interior tonight. This is being driven by a 545 decameter low in
the Aleutians and the remnant 564 decameter high in the Canadian
Archipelago. Strong easterly flow is a result of this pattern with
almost record high PWATs (Precipitable Water) which means there
is an abundant amount of moisture ready to fall in the atmosphere
with an ample amount of forcing. Again, the heaviest will be
hugging the Alaska Range, with heavy showers north of there from
Chicken to Fairbanks tonight through Thursday morning. Otherwise
this piece of energy hands out in the Western Interior Friday and
Saturday with heavy rain expected there as well, but Saturday will
transition to more rain showers than steady rain. Ridging then
begins to subtly build in and gradually dries things out.
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.FIRE WEATHER...
Continued cool and wet weather for much of Northern Alaska. We
will still be looking for thunderstorms everywhere except for in
the Tanana Valley this afternoon. Most thunder will be found from
Chicken to the Brooks Range. Heavy rain is expected from the White
Mountains to the Alaska Range with a wide swath of 0.25 to 0.50
inches and around 0.50 to 1.00 around the Alaska Range tonight
through tomorrow morning. Heavy rain then moves to the Western
Interior tomorrow through Friday with a wide swath of 0.50 to 1.00
inches from Russian Mission north and west to the Brooks and
Alaska Range. Otherwise the thunderstorm threat will be mostly
over the higher terrain north of the Alaska Range Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
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.HYDROLOGY...
no significant issues expected in the short term. We will be
monitoring the chance for an inch, or even inches of rain Sunday
through Tuesday next week in the Yukon Tanana Uplands and Eastern
Alaska Range as strong northeast flow sets up with an abundant
amount of moisture.
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.EXTENDED FORECAST DAYS 4-7...
The main things we will be monitoring is a building high over
Northern Alaska next week bringing the potential for warmer and
drier weather. Thankfully it is not looking hot and significantly
dry because we will have a low in the Gulf of Alaska helping us
get easterly flow which will limit temperatures and humidity.
Prior to this building in though, we will be monitoring strong
northeast flow. As the high builds in from the west, it will
interact with a low in the Gulf, this will bring northeast flow
from the Yukon Tanana Uplands to the Eastern Alaska Range from
Monday through Tuesday. It is looking more likely to have a few
days of heavy rain and thunderstorms in this area. Preliminary
rainfall totals for the 3 days look like they can be over 1 to 2
inches. This will be monitored closely.
Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None
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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AK...None.
PK...None.
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$$
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