Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2006
Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Dec 3, 2006, 9:29 PM AKST. It took effect at Dec 15, 2006, 9:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 16 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 3, 2006, 9:29 PM AKST (06:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2006, 9:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2006, 9:14 PM AKST
- In force
- 16 days
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK42 PAFC 041129 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 229 AM AST MON DEC 4 2006 AKZ191-050300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061204T1129Z-061205T0300Z/ WESTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA 229 AM AST MON DEC 4 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A NORTH PACIFIC LOW BRINGING SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. LOOK FOR THESE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY AND IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE STEADY SNOW BECOMES SNOW SHOWERS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ161-041400- /X.NEW.PAFC.SN.Y.0007.061204T1129Z-061204T1400Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 229 AM AST MON DEC 4 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST EARLY THIS MORNING EAST OF DILLINGHAM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CONTINUED THE SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR AREAS EAST OF DILLINGHAM. A LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW OVER THE ALEUTIAN RANGE THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE TODAY OVER MOST OF THE AREA...ALTHOUGH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR ILIAMNA DURING THE DAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
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000 WWAK42 PAFC 041406 WSWALU WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 505 AM AST MON DEC 4 2006 AKZ191-050300- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061204T1129Z-061205T0300Z/ WESTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA 505 AM AST MON DEC 4 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CONTINUED THE BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A NORTH PACIFIC LOW BRINGING SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. LOOK FOR THESE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY AND IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE STEADY SNOW BECOMES SNOW SHOWERS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ161-041600- /X.EXP.PAFC.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-061204T1600Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 505 AM AST MON DEC 4 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ALLOWED THE SNOW ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. A LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW OVER THE ALEUTIAN RANGE TODAY. THE SNOW HAS DECREASED OVER MOST OF THE AREA...ALTHOUGH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR ILIAMNA TODAY. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 041746 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 846 AM AST MON DEC 4 2006 AKZ191-050200- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061204T1746Z-061205T0200Z/ WESTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA 846 AM AST MON DEC 4 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A NORTH PACIFIC LOW BRINGING SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. LOOK FOR THESE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY AND IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE STEADY SNOW BECOMES SNOW SHOWERS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 041818 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 918 AM AST MON DEC 4 2006 AKZ191-050200- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061204T1818Z-061205T0200Z/ WESTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA 918 AM AST MON DEC 4 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF SHEMYA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A NORTH PACIFIC LOW BRINGING SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EAST OF SHEMYA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE STEADY SNOW BECOMES SNOW SHOWERS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 060055 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 355 PM AST TUE DEC 5 2006 AKZ187-061500- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061206T0300Z-061206T2100Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 355 PM AST TUE DEC 5 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST WEDNESDAY FROM ATKA WEST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST WEDNESDAY FROM ATKA WEST. A BAND OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 061328 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AST WED DEC 6 2006 AKZ187-061405- /X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061206T1405Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 500 AM AST WED DEC 6 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELED. THIS IS THE LAST BULLETIN THAT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$ LUDWIG
000 WWAK42 PAFC 151418 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 518 AM AST FRI DEC 15 2006 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST... AKZ155-160300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061215T1800Z-061216T0300Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 518 AM AST FRI DEC 15 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH FOR COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS MORNING AS A STRONG FRONT APPROACHES. EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL BEGIN TO BLOW AROUND THIS MORNING WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING THE DAY ALONG THE COAST...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW ALSO EXPECTED INLAND LATER IN THE DAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST VISIBILITIES WILL BE CONFINED TO THE COAST WITH LESSER WIND SPEEDS FURTHER INLAND. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH BEHIND THE FRONT AS IT MOVES INLAND. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ161-160300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061215T2100Z-061216T0700Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 518 AM AST FRI DEC 15 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM AST THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG THE WESTERN CAPES AROUND NOON AS A STRONG FRONT APPROACHES. EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL BEGIN TO BLOW AROUND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE WESTERN CAPES...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW ALSO EXPECTED INLAND THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST VISIBILITIES WILL BE CONFINED ALONG THE WESTERN CAPES WITH LESSER WIND SPEEDS FURTHER INLAND. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH BEHIND THE FRONT AS IT MOVES INLAND. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 160247 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 600 PM AST FRI DEC 15 2006 AKZ155-160300- /X.EXP.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061216T0300Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 600 PM AST FRI DEC 15 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED. THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$ AKZ161-160300- /X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061216T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 600 PM AST FRI DEC 15 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELED. THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$ LUDWIG
000 WWAK42 PAFC 200614 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 914 PM AST TUE DEC 19 2006 AKZ181-200900- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061220T0614Z-061220T0900Z/ ALASKA PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT 914 PM AST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT WEST OF SAND POINT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS EVENING WEST OF SAND POINT...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS AROUND COLD BAY AND KING COVE. NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH COUPLED WITH HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST AFTER MIDNIGHT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 200859 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1159 PM AST TUE DEC 19 2006 AKZ181-201000- /X.EXP.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061220T1000Z/ ALASKA PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT 1159 PM AST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE SUBSIDED AROUND COLD BAY AND KING COVE. HOWEVER...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 261133 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 233 AM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 AKZ195-262345- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061226T1133Z-061227T0300Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 233 AM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS UPGRADED THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY TO A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. EXPECT FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NORTH WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 261149 CCA WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 247 AM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 AKZ195-270015- /X.COR.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061226T1147Z-061227T0300Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 247 AM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS UPGRADED THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY TO A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. EXPECT FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NORTH WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 261418 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 518 AM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 .A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS INTO THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...BERING SEA...AND WEST COAST ALASKA. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW FALLING AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. AKZ195-270230- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061226T1418Z-061227T0300Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 518 AM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS DEVELOPED NEAR THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS AND IS BRINGING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION. EXPECT FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ161-270230- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0002.061227T0900Z-061228T0600Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 518 AM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE NORTH PACIFIC IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE BRISTOL BAY ZONE WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 270100 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 .A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...BERING SEA...AND WEST COAST ALASKA. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW FALLING AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. AKZ161-271300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1500Z-061228T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 400 PM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM AST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM AST WEDNESDAY. FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE NORTH PACIFIC IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE BRISTOL BAY ZONE WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE ON WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ195-271300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T0100Z-061228T0100Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 400 PM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST WEDNESDAY. A TIGHT GRADIENT HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS AND IS BRINGING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION. EXPECT FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGHOUT TONIGHT WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE STRONG WINDS INTO WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ187-271300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0002.061227T1800Z-061228T1400Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 400 PM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A TIGHT GRADIENT AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF COMPLEX LOW APPROACHING THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 270441 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 741 PM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 .A STRONG COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE BERING SEA...ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...AND SOUTHWEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS...CENTRAL ALEUTIANS...AND BRISTOL BAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AKZ161-271645- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T0900Z-061228T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 741 PM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM AST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM AST WEDNESDAY. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE TO NEAR PORT HEIDEN LATE TONIGHT AND THEN TRACK NORTHWARD ACROSS BRISTOL BAY ON WEDNESDAY. NORTH TO EAST WIND GUSTING 35 TO 50 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE BRISTOL BAY REGION. EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND IMPROVE VISIBILITIES. HOWEVER...AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ187-271645- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1800Z-061228T1400Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 741 PM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM AST THURSDAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA TO THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WILL TRACK TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE TROUGH NEARS THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WEDNESDAY MORNING NORTH TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 55 MPH AND SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS AND SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE TROUGH MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ195-271645- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T0441Z-061228T0100Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 741 PM AST TUE DEC 26 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST WEDNESDAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM A STORM SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA TO JUST EAST OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS HAS SET UP A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING SEA. NORTH WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW ARE PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ISLANDS OVERNIGHT AND AWAY FROM THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...A FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ON THURSDAY. THEREFORE...EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY BY LATE THURSDAY AS THE SNOW INTENSITY DIMINISHES. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 271426 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 526 AM AST WED DEC 27 2006 .A STRONG COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE BERING SEA...ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...AND SOUTHWEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS...CENTRAL ALEUTIANS...AND BRISTOL BAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AKZ161-280230- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1426Z-061228T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 526 AM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL THEN TRACK NORTHWARD ACROSS BRISTOL BAY TODAY. NORTH TO EAST WIND GUSTING 35 TO 50 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE BRISTOL BAY REGION. EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE. HOWEVER...AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ187-280230- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1800Z-061228T1400Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 526 AM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM AST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS AND SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ195-280100- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1426Z-061228T0100Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 526 AM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW ARE PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY BY LATE THURSDAY AS THE SNOW INTENSITY DIMINISHES. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ155-280230- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0002.061228T0300Z-061228T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 526 AM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA BEGINNING THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINDS AND SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES ON THURSDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 271442 CCA WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 539 AM AST WED DEC 27 2006 .A STRONG COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR COLD BAY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE BERING SEA...ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...AND SOUTHWEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS...CENTRAL ALEUTIANS...AND BRISTOL BAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AKZ161-280300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1439Z-061228T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 539 AM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL THEN TRACK NORTHWARD ACROSS BRISTOL BAY TODAY. NORTH TO EAST WIND GUSTING 35 TO 50 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE BRISTOL BAY REGION. EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE. HOWEVER...AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ187-280300- /X.COR.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1800Z-061228T1400Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 539 AM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM AST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS AND SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ195-280100- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1439Z-061228T0100Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 539 AM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW ARE PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY BY LATE THURSDAY AS THE SNOW INTENSITY DIMINISHES. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ155-280300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0002.061228T0300Z-061228T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 539 AM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA BEGINNING THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINDS AND SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES ON THURSDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 280057 CCA WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 .A STRONG COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR COLD BAY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE BERING SEA...ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...AND SOUTHWEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS...CENTRAL ALEUTIANS...AND BRISTOL BAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AKZ161-280300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1439Z-061228T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 400 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL THEN TRACK NORTHWARD ACROSS BRISTOL BAY TODAY. NORTH TO EAST WIND GUSTING 35 TO 50 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE BRISTOL BAY REGION. EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE. HOWEVER...AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ187-280300- /X.COR.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1800Z-061228T1400Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 400 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM AST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS AND SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ195-281500- /X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1439Z-061228T1500Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 400 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS EXTENDED THE BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY LATER THURSDAY MORNING AS THE SNOW INTENSITY DIMINISHES. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ155-280300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0002.061228T0300Z-061228T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 400 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA BEGINNING THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINDS AND SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES ON THURSDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 280108 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 410 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 .A STRONG COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR COLD BAY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE BERING SEA...ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...AND SOUTHWEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS...CENTRAL ALEUTIANS...AND BRISTOL BAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AKZ161-280900- /X.NEW.PAFC.BS.Y.0004.061227T1439Z-061228T0900Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 410 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTH TO EAST WIND GUSTING 20 TO 35 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE. $$ AKZ187-280300- /X.COR.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1800Z-061228T1400Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 400 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM AST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS AND SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ195-281500- /X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061227T1439Z-061228T1500Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 400 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS EXTENDED THE BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY LATER THURSDAY MORNING AS THE SNOW INTENSITY DIMINISHES. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ155-280300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0002.061228T0300Z-061228T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 400 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA BEGINNING THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINDS AND SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES ON THURSDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 280127 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 427 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 .A STRONG LOW COMPLEX WILL BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE BERING SEA...ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...AND SOUTHWEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...THE PRIBILOFS...AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST. AKZ155-281500- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T0300Z-061228T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 427 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY. A FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY NORTHWARD OVER KUSKOKWIM DELTA TONIGHT. EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES THURSDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ187-281400- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T0127Z-061228T1400Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 427 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS AND SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ195-281500- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T0127Z-061228T1500Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 427 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS EXTENDED THE BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY LATER THURSDAY MORNING AS THE SNOW INTENSITY DIMINISHES. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ161-280900- /X.NEW.PAFC.BS.Y.0006.061228T0127Z-061228T0900Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 427 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTH TO EAST WIND GUSTING TO 20 TO 35 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ AKZ185-281500- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0002.061228T1500Z-061229T0200Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 427 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED T0 GRADUALLY DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 280907 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1210 AM AST THU DEC 28 2006 .A STRONG LOW COMPLEX WILL BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE BERING SEA...ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...AND SOUTHWEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...THE PRIBILOFS...AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST. AKZ161-280900- /X.NEW.PAFC.BS.Y.0006.061228T0127Z-061228T0900Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 1210 AM AST THU DEC 28 2006 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ALLOWED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. VISIBILITY IS NO LONGER BEING SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED BY BLOWING SNOW. NORTH TO EAST WIND GUSTING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT. $$ AKZ155-281500- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T0300Z-061228T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 427 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY. A FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY NORTHWARD OVER KUSKOKWIM DELTA TONIGHT. EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES THURSDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ187-281400- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T0127Z-061228T1400Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 427 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS AND SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ195-281500- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T0127Z-061228T1500Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 427 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS EXTENDED THE BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY LATER THURSDAY MORNING AS THE SNOW INTENSITY DIMINISHES. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ185-281500- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0002.061228T1500Z-061229T0200Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 427 PM AST WED DEC 27 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED T0 GRADUALLY DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 281347 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 447 AM AST THU DEC 28 2006 .A STRONG LOW COMPLEX CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE BERING SEA...ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...AND SOUTHWEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...THE PRIBILOFS...AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST. AKZ187-281500- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T1347Z-061228T1400Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 447 AM AST THU DEC 28 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND BLOWING SNOW IS NO LONGER REDUCING THE VISIBILITY. AKZ155-281800- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T1347Z-061228T1800Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 447 AM AST THU DEC 28 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS EXTENDED THE BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS MORNING. EXPECT WINDS NEAR 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES LATE THIS MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ185-290200- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T1500Z-061229T0200Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 447 AM AST THU DEC 28 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS UPGRADED THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND SNOW TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TODAY. THESE ELEMENTS WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ195-281800- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T1347Z-061228T1800Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 447 AM AST THU DEC 28 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY LATER THURSDAY MORNING AS THE SNOW INTENSITY DIMINISHES. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 281757 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 857 AM AST THU DEC 28 2006 AKZ185-290200- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061228T1757Z-061229T0200Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 857 AM AST THU DEC 28 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW ON THE BACK OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND SNOW TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TODAY. THESE ELEMENTS WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 300131 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 431 PM AST FRI DEC 29 2006 AKZ191-301500- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061230T0600Z-061231T0100Z/ WESTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA 431 PM AST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AST SATURDAY. A STRONG NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL BRING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND SNOW BEGINNING TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. LOOK FOR CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE SATURDAY EVENING AS WINDS SLIGHTLY DECREASE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES MIX RAIN IN WITH THE SNOW. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 301400 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 AKZ187-310200- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061230T1600Z-061231T0600Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 500 AM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. A STRONG NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL BRING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND SNOW THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. LOOK FOR CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE TONIGHT AS WINDS WILL SLIGHTLY DECREASE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ191-310100- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061230T1400Z-061231T0100Z/ WESTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA 500 AM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG NORTH PACIFIC LOW IS BRINGING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND SNOW THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. LOOK FOR CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS WINDS WILL SLIGHTLY DECREASE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ185-310200- /X.NEW.PAFC.BS.Y.0006.061231T0100Z-061231T1400Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 500 AM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM AST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM AST SUNDAY. A STRONG NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL BRINGING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. LOOK FOR CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE SUNDAY MORNING AS WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 301630 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 730 AM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 AKZ187-310430- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061230T1630Z-061231T0600Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 730 AM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. A STRONG NORTH PACIFIC LOW IS BRINGING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND SNOW THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. LOOK FOR CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE TONIGHT AS WINDS WILL SLIGHTLY DECREASE AND PRECIPITAION WILL DIMINISH. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ191-310100- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061230T1630Z-061231T0100Z/ WESTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA 730 AM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG NORTH PACIFIC LOW IS BRINGING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND SNOW THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. LOOK FOR CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS WILL SLIGHTLY DECREASE AND PRECIPITAION WILL DIMINISH. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ185-310430- /X.NEW.PAFC.BS.Y.0006.061231T0100Z-061231T1400Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 730 AM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFC 310012 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 315 PM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 AKZ187-310100- /X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061230T1630Z-061231T0100Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 315 PM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CANCELED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ AKZ191-310900- /X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.061230T1630Z-061231T0900Z/ WESTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA 315 PM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TO PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SNOWFALL TAPERS OFF. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ LUDWIG
000 WWAK42 PAFC 310614 WSWALU WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 915 PM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 AKZ191-310900- /X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T0800Z/ WESTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA 915 PM AST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA HAS CANCELED THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 3, 12:00 PM AKST, 9 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 12:00 PM AKST, 9 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 500 PM AST SUN DEC 3 2006 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVELS...A MAJOR UPPER LOW IS CURRENTLY SITTING OVER THE SEA OF OKHOTSK WITH A TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN BERING SEA. A SHORT-WAVE RIDGE IS SITTING OVER WESTERN NORTH AMERICA WITH RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING FROM WASHINGTON STATE NORTHWARD THROUGH BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE YUKON AND ALL THE WAY INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF ALASKA. AN IMPRESSIVE 200 KT ZONAL JET LIES ALONG 40N LATITUDE. THIS TYPE OF PATTERN DRIVES STORMS EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC (SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS) AND THEN NORTHWARD INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. IT IS ALSO VERY COMMON TO SEE A LOW TRAIN FORM OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC AS TRIPLE POINT LOWS CONTINUALLY DEVELOP AND DEEPEN WITH UPPER SUPPORT AND COLD AIR FEEDING INTO THEM WHILE OLDER LOWS WEAKEN. THE MODELS USUALLY DONT HANDLE THIS PATTERN VERY WELL SO CONFIDENCE BEYOND DAY 2 IS LOW. BOTTOM LINE THOUGH IS THAT THIS IS A WARM AND WET PATTERN FOR THE GULF COASTAL REGION. AT THE SURFACE...THERE IS A 988 MB LOW JUST EAST OF KODIAK ISLAND WITH OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. MAXIMUM GALE FORCE WINDS ALONG THE FRONT ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IS ALSO PRODUCING GAP WINDS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INCLUDING THE MAT VALLEY/TURNAGAIN ARM/BROAD PASS AND STRONG FLOW DOWN COOK INLET AND SHELIKOF STRAIT. ALL WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW WEAKENS. LOTS OF MOISTURE IS OVERSPREADING THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND WITH SOME DOWN SLOPING ON THE LEE SIDE OF MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS FALLEN IN BRISTOL BAY WITH OVER 7 INCHES AT KING SALMON SINCE PRECIPITATION BEGAN LAST NIGHT. LOOK FOR THIS TO CONTINUE AS THE SURFACE LOW SITS NEAR KODIAK ISLAND FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. 12 SOUNDINGS FOR ANCHORAGE AND KODIAK SHOW A SIGNIFICANT WARM-UP OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS WARM AIR HAS TURNED PRECIPITATION TO RAIN ALONG THE GULF COAST. IN FACT SOME TEMPS HAVE RISEN INTO THE 40S. AS THE FRONT WEAKENS TEMPS WILL SLOWLY FALL AGAIN AND INLAND LOCATIONS WILL ALL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SNOW. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS ANOTHER LOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF TRACKING NORTHWESTWARD. NONE OF THE MODELS PICKED UP ON THIS LOW. FIRST PERIOD OF FORECAST WILL BE ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS LOW. A 966 MB LOW ABOUT 450 MILES SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS IS TRACKING EAST-NORTHEAST PUSHING THE OCCLUDED FRONT TOWARD THE ALEUTIANS. STORM FORCE WINDS ALONG THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHWARD TOWARD THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALEUTIANS. MODELS... GFS/AVN VERIFIES BETTER THAN NAM/ETA ON SURFACE LOW POSITIONS. ALSO WITH A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY ON THE OUTER EDGE OF THE NAM/ETA DOMAIN THINK GFS/AVN WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THINGS. FORECAST... UPPER TROUGH FROM NORTHERN BERING TO SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND WILL FALL APART AS IT LIFTS NORTHWARD THROUGH MONDAY. WITH RIDGING TO THE NORTH KODIAK SURFACE LOW WILL REMAIN IN VICINITY OF KODIAK ISLAND THROUGH MONDAY AS IT DISSIPATES. THIS WILL MAINTAIN RAIN SHOWERS ALONG THE GULF COAST AND SNOW IN BRISTOL BAY. INLAND LOCATIONS MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AS BANDS OF SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. COLDER AIR ALOFT WILL ADVECT ACROSS GULF TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTH SO TEMPS WILL COOL OFF AND SOME COLDER COASTAL LOCATIONS MAY MIX WITH SNOW. THERE WILL BE A DRYING TREND MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING BUT THE FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH CURRENT LOW SOUTH OF WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL TRACK TOWARD GULF MONDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE LOWS OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC AT THIS TIME BUT AS MENTIONED EARLIER IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT LOW. IN ANY CASE ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION AND WARMER TEMPS WILL BE IN STORE FOR THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND EARLY TO MID WEEK. COASTAL LOCATION WILL PICK UP SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION AND INLAND LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY SEE LITTLE. OUT WEST...ALEUTIANS AK PEN SOUTHERN BERING WILL SEE LOTS OF WINDS AND RAIN AS STRONG FRONT MOVES OVERHEAD TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. AS SYSTEMS MOVE NORTHWARD TOWARD THE MAINLAND COLD AIR WILL BE PULLED DOWN ACROSS THE BERING REGION MID TO LATE WEEK SO LOOK FOR A SHOWERY AND GUSTY PATTERN TO DEVELOP. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...BLIZZARD WATCH 191. HIGH WIND WARNING 187. MARINE...STORM 172 175. GALE 120 121 132 150 155 170 171 176 179 185 350 410. SEB DEC 06
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Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 5:14 PM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFC | 57 hr | |
| Dec 3, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 3, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 3, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 4, 5:20 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 21 hr | |
| Dec 4, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 4, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 4, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Dec 4, 11:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr |
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