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Blizzard Warning 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Feb 24, 2006, 6:47 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 24, 2006, 11:47 AM AKST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2006, 6:47 AM AKST (15:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2006, 11:47 AM AKST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2006, 5:48 AM AKST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK41 PAFG 242047 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1147 AM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 AKZ201-250500- /X.UPG.PAFG.BZ.A.0006.060225T0200Z-060225T1400Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.060224T2047Z-060226T0000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 1147 AM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR CAPE LISBURNE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. CONDITIONS MAY SPREAD TO POINT LAY LATER TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ206-250500- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.060225T0900Z-060225T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 1147 AM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE WILL DEVELOP IN BROOKS RANGE PASSES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. LOCALLY STRONG WINDS IN PASSES ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ AKZ202-250500- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.A.0006.060225T1200Z-060225T1600Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 1147 AM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...REDUCING VISIBILITY LOCALLY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. 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 WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWAK41 PAFG 242333 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 233 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 AKZ201-250745- /X.EXT.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060225T1800Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 233 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST SATURDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST SATURDAY. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR CAPE LISBURNE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. CONDITIONS MAY SPREAD TO POINT LAY LATER TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ203-250745- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0034.060224T2333Z-060225T1800Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 233 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST SATURDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL OCCUR. $$ AKZ204-250745- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0034.060225T0900Z-060225T1800Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 233 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM AST SATURDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL OCCUR. $$ AKZ202-250745- /X.UPG.PAFG.BZ.A.0006.060225T1200Z-060225T1600Z/ /X.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.060225T0300Z-060226T0000Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 233 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM AST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ AKZ206-250745- /X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.060224T2333Z-060226T0000Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 233 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST SATURDAY. AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. THERE WILL BE WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 250242 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 542 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 AKZ201-251400- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060225T1800Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 542 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST SATURDAY. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR CAPE LISBURNE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. CONDITIONS MAY SPREAD TO POINT LAY LATER TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ202-251400- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.060225T0300Z-060226T0000Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 542 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST SATURDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ AKZ206-251400- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-060226T0000Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 542 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST SATURDAY. AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. THERE WILL BE WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ AKZ203-251400- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-060225T1800Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 542 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST SATURDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL OCCUR. $$ AKZ204-251400- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0034.060225T0900Z-060225T1800Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 542 PM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM AST SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM AST SATURDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL OCCUR. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 251241 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 341 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 AKZ201-251800- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060225T1800Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 341 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ206-251800- /X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-060226T0300Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 341 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MHP IN PASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ AKZ202-251800- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-060226T0000Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 341 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ AKZ203-251800- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-060225T1800Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 341 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL OCCUR. $$ AKZ204-251800- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-060225T1800Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 341 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL OCCUR. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 251448 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 548 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 AKZ201-251600- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060225T1800Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 548 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ AKZ202-251800- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-060226T0000Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 548 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ AKZ206-251800- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-060226T0300Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 548 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MHP IN PASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ AKZ203-251800- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-060225T1800Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 548 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL OCCUR. $$ AKZ204-251800- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-060225T1800Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 548 AM AST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL OCCUR. $$
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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Feb 24, 12:53 AM AKST, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 12:53 AM AKST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 553 AM AST FRI FEB 24 2006 .DISCUSSION... THE MODELS HAVE BEEN REMARKABLY CONSISTENT IN THEIR HANDLING OF THE LOW DEVELOPING NEAR THE NECK OF KAMCHATKA AT THIS TIME... MOVING IT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN CHUKCHI SEA AT 3AM SAT AND DEEPENING IT TO ABOUT 988 MB. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME TUNE THAT THE GFS HAS BEEN PLAYING FOR DAYS NOW...THOUGH THE LOW IS NOT NOW EXPECTED TO BE AS DEEP AS THE GFS WOULD HAVE HAD IT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. THE MODELS DIVERGE SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY CONCERNING THE POSITION OF THE SURFACE LOW...BUT BOTH HAVE IT DECELERATING SHARPLY AND BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. WE ARE USING THE GFS POSITION FOR THE SURFACE LOW...MORE OR LESS RIGHT UNDER THE LOW ALOFT. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM IS OPEN AT THIS POINT OF COURSE...IT WILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF OCCLUSION AS IT MOVES ONTO OUR WEST COAST ...BUT WE WILL LIKELY SEE DISTINCT WARM AND COLD FRONTAL PASSAGES FROM NOME SOUTH...AND MAYBE FARTHER NORTH. THE OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE RATHER RAPIDLY EASTWARD OVER THE INTERIOR ON SATURDAY... WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE RELATIVELY MODEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED THERE (AS COMPARED TO OUR QPFS FOR THE WEST COAST ZONES). THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL MOST LIKELY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM IN THE INTERIOR THOUGH...MOST NOTABLY ON THE HILLS. WITH THE SURFACE LOW LIKELY REMAINING CENTERED SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE...IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MUCH OF A WEATHER MAKER FOR THE ARCTIC COAST...EXCEPT FOR SOME WIND. ZONE 201 COULD BLIZ THOUGH AS THE THING COMES IN. WE HAVE DELIBERATELY BROAD BRUSHED THE POST FRONTAL SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE WEST COAST AND INTERIOR ZONES. THE MODELS...THE ETA IN PARTICULAR...APPEAR TO HAVE THIS A BIT UNDERDONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ214. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ217-AKZ219. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212- AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ216-AKZ218-AKZ221. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235. && DJH FEB 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 10:59 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Feb 23, 11:01 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Feb 23, 11:32 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Feb 23, 11:32 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 45 hr | |
| Feb 23, 11:45 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 45 hr | |
| Feb 23, 11:54 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Feb 23, 11:54 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 45 hr | |
| Feb 24, 9:15 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Feb 24, 9:15 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Feb 24, 9:33 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Feb 24, 10:16 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Feb 24, 10:28 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Feb 24, 10:28 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 35 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.