Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK42 PAFG 031156
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

AKZ214-031300-
/X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060203T1500Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...EMMONAK...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

$$

AKZ211-031300-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060203T2100Z/
SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST-
INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

$$

AKZ210-031300-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060203T1500Z/
NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA-
INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK...
PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL WARNING. 

$$

AKZ217-031300-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060203T2100Z/
UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL WARNING. 

$$

AKZ212-031800-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-060203T1500Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0005.060203T1156Z-060203T1800Z/
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-
INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK...
SHAKTOOLIK
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING. 

LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 50 MPH AND
POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH 9 AM AST THIS
MORNING. ADDITIONALLY THERE WILL BE LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 45 BELOW.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AND WIND CHILL WILL MODERATE LATER THIS
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.

$$

AKZ215-031300-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-060203T1500Z/
LOWER YUKON VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING...
SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

$$

AKZ216-031300-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-060203T2100Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

$$

AKZ209-031800-
/X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060203T2100Z/
BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. 

WIND CHILL TO 45 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON AST TODAY.
LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON AST TODAY
WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AND LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITY.
CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY
HAZARDOUS.

$$

AKZ207-031800-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060203T2100Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. 

WIND CHILLS TO 60 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON AST TODAY.
WIND CHILL WILL MODERATE SLOWLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS
WINDS DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES RISE.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL
TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

$$

AKZ208-031800-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060203T2100Z/
LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. 

LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 60 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON AST 
TODAY. WIND CHILL WILL MODERATE SLOWLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AS WINDS DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES RISE.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL
TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

$$

AKZ213-031800-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060203T2100Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
256 AM AST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. 

WIND CHILL TO 70 BELOW WILL OCCUR ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST
THROUGH NOON AST TODAY. WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW WILL OCCUR ON ST
LAWRENCE ISLAND. WIND CHILL WILL MODERATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS
DIMINISH.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL
TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

$$

000 
WWAK41 PAFG 092225
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
125 PM AST THU FEB 9 2006

AKZ201-101400-
/X.UPG.PAFG.BZ.A.0004.060210T2100Z-060211T1500Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0009.060210T2100Z-060211T1500Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
125 PM AST THU FEB 9 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM AST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM AST
SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...EXPECT EAST WINDS TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH WITH
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW.

OVERNIGHT FRIDAY...EXPECT CONTINUED EAST WINDS TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO
45 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW.

ON SATURDAY...DECREASING WINDS AND IMPROVING VISIBILITIES WILL
EASE THE BLIZZARD DANGER.

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.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
304 PM AST THU FEB 2 2006

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...CLOSED LOW OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL MOVE FURTHER WEST
OVER RUSSIA THROUGH SUN. TROUGH FROM LOW EXTENDING ALONG ARCTIC
COAST WILL ROTATE NORTH. ANOTHER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS
SOUTHWEST ALASKA TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR
BY SAT MORNING. RIDGE WILL BUILD NORTH OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA
SAT WITH AXIS ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER SAT AFTERNOON. RIDGE WILL
MOVE EAST AND ALLOW SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA BY
SUN MORNING. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY NEXT
WEEK. CLOSED LOW OVER KODIAK ISLAND SUN EVENING WILL MOVE NORTH
OVER THE NULATO HILLS MON THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA TUE.
CLOSED HIGH PRESSURE MAY DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC OCEAN MON
NIGHT.

SURFACE...LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL DISSIPATE
TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. THE
HIGH WILL MOVE EAST INTO CANADA FRI NIGHT. LOW OF ABOUT 980 MB
OVER CAPE ROMANZOF WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTH ACROSS NOME BY
NOON FRI. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AS IT MOVES NORTH
OF CAPE LISBURNE FRI NIGHT. STRONGER LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL
ALEUTIANS FRI AFTERNOON WILL BE NORTHWEST OF KODIAK ISLAND SUN
NIGHT THEN OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA MON NIGHT. PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL TIGHTEN NORTH OVER THE SOUNDS AND TO CAPE LISBURNE SAT TO SUN
MORNING.

NORTH SLOPE...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SAT THROUGH SUN AS SOUTHERLY
FLOW DEVELOPS. A CONTINUATION OF THE MILDER WEATHER SHOULD BE
EXPECTED UNTIL MID WEEK. A DECREASE IN CLOUDINESS...FOG...AND
FLURRIES WILL ACCOMPANY THE MILDER TEMPERATURES.

WEST COAST...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT THROUGH
SAT NIGHT AS TROUGH DEEPENS OVER BERING SEA AND RIDGE BUILDS
NORTH OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT THE WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL
BRING RELIEF FROM LOW WIND CHILLS.

INTERIOR...ANOTHER NIGHT OF EXTREME COLD OVER PARTS OF THE
INTERIOR AS HIGH PRESSURE CLEARS SKIES. HIGH MOVING EAST INTO
CANADA FRI NIGHT TO SAT WILL ALLOW CLOUDS TO MOVE BACK OVER AREA
TO AID IN THE PRODUCTION OF WARMER TEMPERATURES. WINDS DEVELOPING
SAT TO SAT NIGHT WILL MIX WARMER AIR TO THE SURFACE OVER MANY
AREAS. LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH OVER WEST COAST TONIGHT THROUGH
FRI WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TO THE FAR WESTERN INTERIOR.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ212-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ223.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ209-AKZ211.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ205-AKZ206-
AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ210-AKZ213-AKZ217.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ214-AKZ219-AKZ221-AKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220.
&&

DA FEB 06