Blizzard Warning 17, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK41 PAFG 052215
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
115 PM AST MON NOV 5 2007

AKZ203-060900-
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0017.071105T2215Z-071106T0900Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
115 PM AST MON NOV 5 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. 

EAST WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY
TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO
IMPROVE SOME LATER TONIGHT WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
TO 20 TO 25 MPH.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND
EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND
MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS.

$$

000 
WWAK41 PAFG 060739
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1039 PM AST MON NOV 5 2007

AKZ203-060845-
/X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0017.000000T0000Z-071106T0900Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
1039 PM AST MON NOV 5 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
358 AM AST MON NOV 5 2007

.DISCUSSION...

SURFACE...NINE-SEVENTY SOMETHING LOW CONTINUES TO LINGER OVER THE
WESTERN BERING SEA...WITH ANOTHER AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE AROUND
50N/140W AND AN EVEN WEAKER LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY OF
CANADA. HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN.

ALOFT...WESTERN BERING SEA SURFACE LOW SUPPORTED BY VERTICALLY
STACKED LOW WITH VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE PUSHING ACROSS SOUTHWEST
ALASKA. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE WEST OF BARROW WITH LONG WAVE TROUGH
TO THE EAST. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDS FROM SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE
INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TO THE BROOKS RANGE.

WEST COAST...ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE NOME
SOUTH WITH MAINLY SNOW OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR. SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE VICINITY OF POAT THEN SPREAD
NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. TONIGHT RIDGE ALOFT WILL BUILD IN FROM THE
SOUTH AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON THE DECREASE.
THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR ZONE 216...SOUTH AND EAST OF GALENA
WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW ADVISORY NORTH AND EAST OF GALENA AND
FOR SOUTH AND EAST OF AMBLER...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE
BY TUESDAY MORNING.

NORTH SLOPE...EAST WINDS TO 30 KTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT
PROMPTING SMALL CRAFT AND BRISK WIND ADVISORIES. HEAVY FREEZING
SPRAY IN ON TAP FOR MARINES ZONES 225...230 AND 235. LIGHT SNOW
OR FLURRIES WILL PERSIST.

INTERIOR...SNOW ADVISORY FOR ZONE 219 AND 218 WEST OF CHANDALAR
FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING...ELSEWHERE IT WILL BE MOSTLY
CLOUDY. SNOW WILL BE MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PATA TO PFYU. AS
THE SHORT WAVE MIGRATES NORTH AND EAST IT GRADUALLY WEAKENS AND
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME SCATTERED.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...CURRENT MODELS INDICATING
EAST WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT...STRENGTHEN AND
PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND WATERS...THIS
COULD PRESENT COASTAL ERROSION ISSUES AND NEEDS TO BE WATCHED FOR
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.
&&

NOV 07