Alert archive / Alaska / Snow Advisories in 2007
Snow Advisory 2, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this snow advisory at Jan 2, 2007, 11:21 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 3, 2007, 12:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2007, 11:21 AM AKST (20:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2007, 12:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2007, 8:45 PM AKST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK41 PAFC 030121 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 421 PM AST TUE JAN 2 2007 ...ANOTHER STORM TAKES AIM AT THE NORTH GULF COAST... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO THE KENAI PENINSULA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA BEGINNING LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. AKZ101-031430- /X.NEW.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.070103T0900Z-070103T2300Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 421 PM AST TUE JAN 2 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM AST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM AST WEDNESDAY. A GULF OF ALASKA STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE ANCHORAGE AREA LATER THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW MOVES TOWARD PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ AKZ111-031430- /X.NEW.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.070103T0900Z-070103T2300Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 421 PM AST TUE JAN 2 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM AST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM AST WEDNESDAY. A GULF OF ALASKA STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE MATANUSKA VALLEY THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW MOVES TOWARD PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AKZ121-031430- /X.NEW.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.070103T0900Z-070103T2300Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 421 PM AST TUE JAN 2 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM AST WEDNESDAY NORTH AND EAST OF CLAM GULCH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM AST WEDNESDAY. A GULF OF ALASKA STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW MOVES TOWARD PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF CLAM GULCH BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTH AND EAST OF CALM GULCH. 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. $$ AKZ145-031430- /X.NEW.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.070103T1600Z-070104T0300Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 421 PM AST TUE JAN 2 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM AST WEDNESDAY FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM AST WEDNESDAY. A GULF OF ALASKA STORM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW INTO THE SUSITNA VALLEY THIS EVENING...AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS THE LOW MOVES TOWARD PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 7AM AND 6 PM WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS FALLING FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AKZ131-031430- /X.NEW.PAFC.BS.Y.0001.070103T0900Z-070103T2100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 421 PM AST TUE JAN 2 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM AST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM AST WEDNESDAY. A GULF OF ALASKA STORM WILL BRING MORE SNOW AND WIND TO THOMPSON PASS LATER THIS EVENING. EAST WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY MIDNIGHT AND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY AS WINDS DIMINISH. 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. $$ AKZ135-031430- /X.NEW.PAFC.BS.Y.0001.070103T0900Z-070103T2100Z/ SOUTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CORDOVA 421 PM AST TUE JAN 2 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM AST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM AST WEDNESDAY. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A GULF OF ALASKA LOW WILL BRING SNOW AND WIND TO SOUTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LATER THIS EVENING. BY MIDNIGHT EAST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY AS WINDS DIMINISH. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWAK41 PAFC 031343 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 443 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...ANOTHER STORM TAKES AIM AT THE NORTH GULF COAST... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO THE KENAI PENINSULA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. AKZ131-135-031445- /X.CAN.PAFC.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070103T2100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-SOUTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS...CORDOVA 443 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELED THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. $$ AKZ125-032100- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.070103T1343Z-070103T2100Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 443 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY FOR MOOSE PASS TO SEWARD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY FOR MOOSE PASS TO SEWARD. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS FROM MOOSE PASS SOUTH THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ101-032300- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070103T2300Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 443 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE ANCHORAGE AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ AKZ111-032300- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070103T2300Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 443 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE MATANUSKA VALLEY AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD BE TOWARD WASILLA. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AKZ121-032300- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070103T2300Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 443 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL CONTINUES OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. EXPECT AND ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TODAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.. 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. $$ AKZ145-040145- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.070103T1600Z-070104T0300Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 443 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST IN THE SUSITNA VALLEY THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFC 031525 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 625 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...ANOTHER STORM TAKES AIM AT THE NORTH GULF COAST... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO THE KENAI PENINSULA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. AKZ125-032100- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070103T2100Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 625 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. NORTH TO WEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH TO 20 MPH IN THE 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. $$ AKZ101-040100- /X.EXT.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0100Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 625 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ANCHORAGE AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AKZ111-040100- /X.EXT.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0100Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 625 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE MATANUSKA VALLEY AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ AKZ121-032300- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070103T2300Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 625 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL CONTINUES OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. EXPECT AND ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TODAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AKZ145-040300- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.070103T1600Z-070104T0300Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 625 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST IN THE SUSITNA VALLEY THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFC 031740 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 840 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...ANOTHER STORM TAKES AIM AT THE NORTH GULF COAST... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THIS MORNING...BRINGING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO THE KENAI PENINSULA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. AKZ125-032100- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070103T2100Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 840 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. NORTH TO WEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ121-032300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BS.Y.0002.070103T2300Z-070104T0900Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070103T2300Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 840 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT SOUTH OF ANCHOR POINT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT SOUTH OF ANCHOR POINT. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL CONTINUES OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TODAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 15 TO 30 MPH SOUTH OF ANCHOR POINT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THIS AREA. WIND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT. 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. 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. $$ AKZ101-040100- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0100Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 840 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ANCHORAGE AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AKZ111-040100- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0100Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 840 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE MATANUSKA VALLEY AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ AKZ145-040200- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0300Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 840 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST IN THE SUSITNA VALLEY THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFC 031839 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 939 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...ANOTHER STORM TAKES AIM AT THE NORTH GULF COAST... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THIS MORNING...BRINGING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO THE KENAI PENINSULA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. AKZ121-040645- /X.CAN.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070103T2300Z/ /X.CAN.PAFC.BS.Y.0002.070103T2300Z-070104T0900Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0001.070103T1839Z-070104T0900Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 939 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOWFALL CONTINUES OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TODAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 15 TO 30 MPH SOUTH OF ANCHOR POINT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THIS AREA. WIND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. $$ AKZ125-032100- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070103T2100Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 939 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. NORTH TO WEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ101-040100- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0100Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 939 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ANCHORAGE AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ AKZ111-040100- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0100Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 939 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE MATANUSKA VALLEY AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AKZ145-040300- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0300Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 939 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST IN THE SUSITNA VALLEY THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFC 032112 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1212 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...ANOTHER STORM TAKES AIM AT THE NORTH GULF COAST... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THIS MORNING...BRINGING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO THE KENAI PENINSULA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. AKZ125-032215- /X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070103T2100Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 1212 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND WITH LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. $$ AKZ101-040600- /X.EXT.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 1212 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ AKZ111-040600- /X.EXT.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 1212 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AKZ145-040600- /X.EXT.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 1212 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST IN THE SUSITNA VALLEY THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. $$ AKZ121-040900- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070104T0900Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 1212 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. SNOWFALL CONTINUES OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TODAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 15 TO 30 MPH SOUTH OF ANCHOR POINT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THIS AREA. WIND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFC 040111 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...THE LATEST STORM IS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND ADJACENT INLAND AREAS... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. AKZ121-040730- /X.UPG.PAFC.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070104T0900Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0003.070104T0111Z-070104T0900Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT FOR AREAS AROUND KACHEMAK BAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH NEAR KACHEMAK BAY IS CAUSING VISIBILITIES TO FALL TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...WHEN WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND VISIBILITIES WILL INCREASE. 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. $$ AKZ131-040730- /X.NEW.PAFC.BS.Y.0003.070104T0300Z-070104T0900Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT FOR THOMPSON PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. AS THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INLAND THIS EVENING...SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THOMPSON PASS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE LATE EVENING WITH IMPROVING VISIBILITY BY MIDNIGHT. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ AKZ101-040600- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS LATER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$ AKZ111-040600- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AKZ145-040600- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT IN THE SUSITNA VALLEY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF TALKEETNA WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES TOWARD CANTWELL. 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. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFC 040545 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 845 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER THE MATANUSKA VALLEY. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS ENDED, THOUGH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MAY PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. AKZ101-111-145-040645- /X.CAN.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/ ANCHORAGE-MATANUSKA VALLEY-SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON...TALKEETNA... WILLOW...CANTWELL 845 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. $$ AKZ131-040645- /X.CAN.PAFC.BS.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070104T0900Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 845 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. $$ AKZ121-040900- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070104T0900Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 845 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH NEAR KACHEMAK BAY IS CAUSING VISIBILITIES TO FALL TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...WHEN WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND VISIBILITIES WILL INCREASE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Jan 2, 12:00 AM AKST, 11 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 12:00 AM AKST, 11 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM AST TUE JAN 2 2007
.DISCUSSION...
SYNOPSIS...12Z IR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING THE REMNANTS OF A LOW
GRADUALLY MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN.
PAIH RADAR/SURFACE OBS INDICATING SNOW IS STILL ONGOING AROUND VALDEZ
TO CORDOVA. CLEARING SKIES OVER THE ANCHORAGE BOWL HAVE ALLOWED FOR
AREAS OF FOG TO FORM ALONG KNIK ARM WHILE THE PRESENCE OF CLOUDS IN
THE MATANUSKA/SUSITNA VALLEYS IS PREVENTING FOG FROM FORM THERE.
ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING
ACROSS THE BERING SEA AND THE AKPEN WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES IN THE SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. MAINLAND SW AK IS MOSTLY CLEAR
TONIGHT UNDER NORTHERLY FLOW WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF LOW CLOUDS
HANGING AROUND DILLINGHAM AND ALONG PORTIONS OF COASTAL KUSKOKWIM
DELTA. THE EXCEPTION IS MCGRATH WHERE STRONG DPVA AT 500MB IS
PROVIDING JUST ENOUGH LIFT TO GENERATE LIGHT SNOW THAT HAS BEEN
ONGOING MOST OF THE NIGHT.
MODELS...GOOD AGREEMENT THIS MORNING IN THE EAST WITH THE HANDLING OF
THE NEXT LOW MOVING INTO THE GULF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND/EASTERN KENAI OVERNIGHT INTO WED MORNING. SURPRISINGLY
GOOD AGREEMENT OUT WEST AS WELL IN BRINGING A STRONG LOW INTO THE
CENTRAL ALEUTIANS BY WED MORNING...AND THEN PROPAGATING NEW SYSTEMS
FROM THIS LOW INTO THE GULF BY THU DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF A POWERFUL
UPPER LEVEL JET MAX THAT BLASTS EAST BETWEEN 45N AND 50N...WITH THE
TRACK OF THESE LOWS LANDING THEM IN THE VICINITY OF YAKUTAT ON FRI.
AFTER THAT...GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AGREE REASONABLY WELL ON MOVING A
RIDGE THROUGH THE ALEUTIANS OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART
OF NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER LARGE LOW THAT MOVES INTO THE WESTERN
BERING ON TUE WHILE KEEPING AN UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL/EASTERN AK
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.
FORECAST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...SHOULD BE A QUIET DAY
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR MUCH OF THE
DAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WHERE SNOW
WILL CONTINUE DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS THE OLD LOW GRADUALLY GETS
PUSHED NORTHEAST INTO THE YUKON TERR. CLOUDS MOVE IN BY LATE IN THE
DAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL AS THE NEXT LOW MAKES ITS WAY NORTH
THROUGH THE GULF...SPREADING SNOW ACROSS KODIAK AND THE SOUTH AND
EASTERN KENAI.
THE SNOW SPREADS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AS THE LOW
MAKES ITS WAY INTO WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. COULD SEE 3 TO 6
INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT GIVEN THE SURFACE LOWS
POSITION COMBINED WITH A STRONG SHORTWAVE ROTATING UP COOK INLET
AROUND THE UPPER LOW OVER SW AK. SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO WED AS THE
UPPER TROUGH ELONGATES AND THE MAIN AXIS ROTATES THROUGH
SOUTHCENTRAL. SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES COOLING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE
LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK AS A VERY COLD AND DRY AIRMASS IS ADVECTED IN
WITH 850MB TEMPS DROPPING TO AROUND 22 BELOW PER THE NAM. COLD AND
DRY WEATHER CARRIES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK AS THE
NEXT SET OF STORMS TRACKS SOUTH OF MOST OF THE AOR. THE EXCEPTION IS
KODIAK ISLAND WHICH COULD GET CLIPPED BY THESE STORMS ON THU
RESULTING IN SNOW THU AND THU NIGHT.
FORECAST FOR SW AK...THE BERING SEA...AND THE ALEUTIANS...SNOW
SHOWERS PERSIST ACROSS THE EASTERN BERING THROUGH THE DAY ON WED WHEN
THE FLOW TURNS EASTERLY IN ADVANCE OF A POWERFUL LOW. THIS LOW IS
EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS BRINGING STORM
FORCE WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS BY LATE
TONIGHT AND THROUGH WED. THE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE ALEUTIANS SPREADING
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BEFORE ENTERING THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA THU
NIGHT. NORTHERLY FLOW AND SHOWERS DEVELOP ACROSS THE BERING SEA ONCE
AGAIN BEHIND THIS LOW BEFORE A WEAK LOW/FRONTAL SYSTEM DROPS
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE BERING OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS IS FOLLOWED
CLOSELY BY A STRONG RIDGE THAT MOVES ACROSS THE BERING BY THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK.
MAINLAND SOUTHWEST AK NORTH OF THE AK PEN SHOULD STAY COLD AND DRY
INTO NEXT WEEK WITH JUST THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS DUE TO
THE UPPER LOW THAT LINGERS OVER THE REGION BEFORE GRADUALLY SLIDING
EAST OVER THE WEEKEND.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...BLIZZARD WARNING 191
MARINE...STORM 172 175
GALE 120 130 132 150 170 176
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY 129 130 132 138 140 141 150 160 165
179 185
WOOD JAN 07The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 11:00 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 1, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Jan 1, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 1, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 1, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 27 hr | |
| Jan 1, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 1, 11:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 1, 11:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Jan 2, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Jan 2, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 2, 11:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 2, 11:21 AM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFC | 17 hr |
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