Blizzard Warning 45, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Oct 23, 2008, 5:16 AM AKDT (13:16 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 23, 2008, 9:00 AM AKDT

Expired

Oct 23, 2008, 4:00 PM AKDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

000 
WWAK41 PAFC 231316
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
516 AM AKDT THU OCT 23 2008

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA MOVING
ONSHORE NEAR CORDOVA THIS EVENING WILL BRING SNOW FROM PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND NORTH INTO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN ALONG WITH GUSTY
NORTH TO WEST WINDS ESPECIALLY THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

AKZ131-240000-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0045.081023T1700Z-081024T0000Z/
NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS
516 AM AKDT THU OCT 23 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM AKDT
THIS AFTERNOON FOR THOMPSON PASS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING FOR THOMPSON PASS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON.

THROUGH THOMPSON PASS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE MORNING. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH 4 TO 6
INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH
THOMPSON PASS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR
LESS AT TIMES FROM MID MORNING THROUGH 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 IN AND AROUND THOMPSON PASS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

$$

AKZ141-240045-
/X.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0005.081023T2300Z-081024T1800Z/
COPPER RIVER BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY...
PAXSON...SLANA
516 AM AKDT THU OCT 23 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM AKDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM AKDT FRIDAY. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE THIS MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OVER THE COPPER RIVER BASIN...AND BECOME 
HEAVIER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE
FALLEN.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

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