Blizzard Warning 5, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Jan 18, 2008, 10:45 AM AKST (19:45 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 18, 2008, 4:00 PM AKST

Expired

Jan 18, 2008, 9:39 PM AKST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 190045
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
345 PM AST FRI JAN 18 2008

...A LOW MOVING INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL BRING SNOW AND
STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TO THE WEST COAST OF THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

AKZ155-191000-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0004.080119T0300Z-080119T0900Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0005.080119T0100Z-080119T1200Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
345 PM AST FRI JAN 18 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AST SATURDAY. THE
BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ALONG
THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND. AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THIS
EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM. SNOW
WILL THEN BE LESS LIKELY TO BLOW AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE.
INLAND AREAS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. ISOLATED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED INLAND
BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE.

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 190639
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
939 PM AST FRI JAN 18 2008


AKZ155-190745-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080119T1200Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
939 PM AST FRI JAN 18 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO AROUND FREEZING AND WINDS WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

$$

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