Blizzard Warning 8, NWS Anchorage, AK

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 152248 CCA
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
146 PM AST MON JAN 15 2007

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FROM THE WESTERN CAPES TO THE
PRIBILOF ISLANDS...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF ADAK TO PUSH A FRONT INTO
THE BERING SEA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE BERING SEA AS
THE FRONT RUNS INTO COLDER AIR AND SLOWS IT DOWN. COMBINED WITH
THESE WINDS AND PRECIPITATION...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN CAPES AND LIKELY OVER THE PRIBILOF
ISLANDS.

AKZ195-161430-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0008.070116T0900Z-070117T0100Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
146 PM AST MON JAN 15 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM AST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM AST
TUESDAY. 

EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH LATER
TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH PRECIPITATION FROM AN APPROACHING FRONTAL
SYSTEM...WILL MAKE FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS STARTING LATER TONIGHT
AND REMAINING THROUGH TOMORROW. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN
THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW LIKELY ALLOWING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO
LESSEN. 

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.

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AKZ161-161430-
/X.COR.PAFC.BZ.A.0004.070116T1800Z-070117T0600Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
146 PM AST MON JAN 15 2007

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FROM DILLINGHAM WESTWARD...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. 

EASTERLY WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS TO 50 MPH TOMORROW MORNING AND REMAIN THROUGH THE
EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH PRECIPITATION FROM AN
APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM...MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR
AREAS FROM DILLINGHAM WEST TOMORROW. THE WINDS AND PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY LESSEN TOMORROW EVENING AS THE FRONT PASSES THE AREA.

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 161424
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
524 AM AST TUE JAN 16 2007

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FROM THE WESTERN CAPES TO THE
PRIBILOF ISLANDS...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS APPROACHING ADAK ISLAND THIS
MORNING WITH THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING NORTH AND
EAST INTO THE EASTERN BERING SEA. STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT
COUPLED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE ARE PRODUCING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS EARLY THIS MORNING.
AS THE FRONT APPROACHES BRISTOL BAY...WE ARE ANTICIPATING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER THE WESTERN CAPES AND AHKLUN MOUNTAINS NORTH AND
WEST OF DILLINGHAM. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT BOTH LOCATIONS
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

AKZ161-170100-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0004.070116T1800Z-070117T0600Z/
/X.EXB.PAFC.BZ.W.0008.070116T1500Z-070117T0100Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
524 AM AST TUE JAN 16 2007

...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. THE
BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

EASTERLY WINDS ARE INCREASING OVER THE WESTERN CAPES EARLY THIS
MORNING AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH ALONG THE WESTERN CAPES AND THROUGH
CHANNELED TERRAIN IN THE AHKLUN MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY
SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING IN THE WARNED AREA. AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH IN THE
AFTERNOON, WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOMING MORE SOUTHEASTERLY.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RISE ALONG THE COAST TO THE MID 30S
BRINGING AN END TO THE THREAT OF BLOWING 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.

$$

AKZ195-170100-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070117T0100Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
524 AM AST TUE JAN 16 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NORTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASED OVERNIGHT TO 45 TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE
PRIBILOF ISLANDS AHEAD OF A STRONG APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE
FRONT IS SLOWING DOWN AS IT ENCOUNTERS COLDER AIR TO THE NORTH
WHICH WILL PROLONG THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS AND MAY BEGIN MIXING WITH RAIN IN
THE AFTERNOON AS WARMER AIR SOUTH OF THE FRONT SPREADS ACROSS THE
PRIBILOFS BRINGING AN END TO THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

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 170113
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
413 PM AST TUE JAN 16 2007


AKZ161-195-170215-
/X.EXP.PAFC.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070117T0100Z/
BRISTOL BAY-PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT...SAINT PAUL
413 PM AST TUE JAN 16 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE AND TEMPERATURES ARE SLOWLY RISING.
THUS THE LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW ARE COMING TO AN END.



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