Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK42 PAFG 281234
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
434 AM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

AKZ207-290000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081029T0000Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
434 AM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON FROM CAPE KRUSENSTERN NORTH...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
FROM CAPE KRUSENSTERN NORTH.  THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES
THIS AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS
EXPECTED...WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. IN ADDITION...A
SOUTHEAST WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
AND POOR VISIBILITIES.

ON THE SEWARD PENINSULA...ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED
WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. LITTLE OR NO SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY
HAZARDOUS.

$$

AKZ208-290000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081029T0000Z/
LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE
434 AM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4
PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON.

OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO FLURRIES THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS
EXPECTED...WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM NOATAK WEST. IN
ADDITION...AN EAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING
SNOW. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY
HAZARDOUS.

$$

000 
WWAK42 PAFG 281630
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
830 AM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

AKZ207-290000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081029T0000Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
830 AM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON FROM CAPE KRUSENSTERN NORTH...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
FROM CAPE KRUSENSTERN NORTH.  THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES
THIS AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS
EXPECTED...WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. IN ADDITION...A
SOUTHEAST WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
AND POOR VISIBILITIES.

NEAR SHISHMAREF...ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WITH
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY
HAZARDOUS.

$$

AKZ208-290000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081029T0000Z/
LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE
830 AM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO FLURRIES THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS
EXPECTED...WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM NOATAK WEST. IN ADDITION...
AN EAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY
HAZARDOUS.

$$

AKZ214-290000-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0053.081028T1630Z-081029T0000Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...EMMONAK...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
830 AM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS
THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE TODAY. THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR ALONG
THE COAST WHERE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 55 MPH. INLAND WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING. 

$$

000 
WWAK42 PAFG 282127
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
127 PM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

AKZ207-208-282230-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081029T0000Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG...
NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE
127 PM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 


$$

AKZ213-290200-
/X.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-081029T0200Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
127 PM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND
...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS
THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE TODAY AT ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. SOUTHEAST
WINDS ARE GUSTING TO 55 MPH. THE WINDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
WILL DIMINISH INLAND WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING.

$$

AKZ214-290200-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-081029T0200Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...EMMONAK...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
127 PM AKDT TUE OCT 28 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS
THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE TODAY. THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR
ALONG THE COAST WHERE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 55 MPH. INLAND
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
301 PM AKDT MON OCT 27 2008

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY ALONG THE ALEUTIANS
CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND WILL MAINTAIN ITS TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE
NORTHERN BERING SEA AND STALL BRIEFLY JUST SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE
ISLAND AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD AND ONSHORE ALONG THE Y-K DELTA BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WEST COAST...THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING GALE FORCE
WINDS, HEAVY SNOWFALL, HIGH SURF, AND COASTAL FLOODING TO MUCH OF
THE WEST COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MUCH WARMER AIR TO AREAS
SOUTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA AND MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL
FALL AS RAIN...LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA WILL REMAIN
COLD ENOUGH TO KEEP PRECIP TYPE AS SNOW. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL
FALL NORTH OF KOTZEBUE. HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
HEAVY SNOW FOR ZONES 207 AND 208...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED
6 INCHES IN THESE ZONES. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN ZONE 207 AND IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH IN ZONE
208...IT APPEARS TO BE TOO WARM FOR A BLIZZARD WARNING AT THIS
TIME...BUT VISIBILITY WILL NO DOUBT BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ZONE 211 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOO WARM FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS FORECASTED TO REMAIN BELOW THE 6 INCH MARK.

COASTAL HAZARDS...FOR ZONE 213...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR DIOMEDE AND THE WESTERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST. STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP THIS EVENING AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAKING AT AROUND 45 MPH
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WIND, SEAS, AND SURGE ARE EXPECTED TO BE
HIGHEST AROUND DIOMEDE. STORM SURGE MODELS ARE FORECASTING
ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 6 FEET OF SURGE AT DIOMEDE WITH 9 TO 11 FOOT
WAVES...SIMILAR BUT MORE MODERATE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT WALES
WITH FORECASTED SURGE AROUND 3 FEET WITH 8 TO 10 FOOT SEAS.
EXPECTED IMPACTS ARE DETAILED IN THE COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT.

FOR ZONE 207...THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH AT KIVALINA AND POINT HOPE
HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A HIGH SURF ADVISORY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE TOO EASTERLY TO IMPACT KIVALINA...BUT THE WIND DIRECTION CAN
CHANGE...THE MODELS HAVE NOT HAD THE BEST HANDLE ON THIS SYSTEM
AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO STAY VIGILANT. HOWEVER IT LOOKS LIKE
THE GREATEST DAMAGE POTENTIAL LIES AT THE SOUTH END OF THE POINT
HOPE AIRPORT AND KIVALINA APPEARS TO HAVE DODGED THIS BULLET.
SHISHMAREF APPEARS TO BE OUT OF THE WOODS AT THIS TIME AS THEIR
LAGOON APPEARS TO BE SOLIDLY ICED OVER.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ZONE 211 FOR EXPECTED
EROSION ALONG THE NOME-COUNCIL ROAD AT MILE 23...THE CITY OF NOME
AND THE VILLAGE OF GOLOVIN WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.

LOCATIONS IN ZONE 212 APPEAR TO BE OUT OF THE WOODS AT THIS TIME
AS WELL...WITH NORTON BAY ICE COVERED...ELIM SHOULD BE OUT OF THE
WOODS...WINDS WILL HAVE TOO MUCH OF AN EASTERLY COMPONENT TO
AFFECT SHAKTOOLIK AND UNALAKLEET AND THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
REMAIN WEST OF CAPE DARBY.

FOR ZONE 210...RIVERS SOUTH OF DEERING ARE ICED OVER AND WILL NOT
AFFECT THE ROAD TO THE AIRPORT DURING THIS STORM.

INTERIOR...A 1010 MB LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN
AND SNOW ALONG THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.
AREAS OF LOW STRATUS AND FLURRIES CONTINUE TO FORM AND MOVE
AROUND AS THEY PLEASE. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS AN INFLUX
OF MOISTURE FROM THE BERING SEA STORM MOVES INLAND OVER THE
EXISTING COLD AIR. NOTICEABLE MODERATION OF THE AIRMASS WILL BEGIN
ON WEDNESDAY...MUCH OF THE INTERIOR WILL ENJOY A 10 DEGREE RISE IN
TEMPERATURES AT 850MB...WHICH WILL TRANSLATE TO CLIMATOLOGICALLY
NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY THIS WEEKEND AND EVEN SOME ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

NORTH SLOPE...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR ZONE 201 BEGINNING TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED WEST OF BARROW THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT WINDS AND SNOW
ARE EXPECTED EAST OF BARROW FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...THE BERING SEA STORM THAT
IS DEVELOPING TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE IMPACTS ON THE COASTAL
WATERS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED
TO IMPACT THE BERING SEA WATERS STARTING ABOUT THURS NIGHT AND
LASTING INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ211.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ207-AKZ208.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-
PKZ235.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ235.
&&

KS OCT 08