Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 4, 2009, 6:58 PM AKST. It took effect at Mar 5, 2009, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2009, 6:58 PM AKST (03:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2009, 6:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2009, 9:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK41 PAFG 050358 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 658 PM AKST WED MAR 4 2009 AKZ201-051500- /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.090305T1500Z-090306T0900Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 658 PM AKST WED MAR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST THURSDAY NIGHT. A STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THURSDAY MORNING AND TO NORTH OF KOTZEBUE SOUND BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CAPE LISBURNE THURSDAY MORNING... SPREADING NORTH TO WAINWRIGHT BY AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. 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. $$ AKZ205-051500- /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.090305T1500Z-090306T0300Z/ NORTHWESTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...SINGILUK...UMIAT 658 PM AKST WED MAR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM AKST THURSDAY THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM AKST THURSDAY. A STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THURSDAY MORNING AND TO NORTH OF KOTZEBUE SOUND BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO MOUNTAIN PASSES OF THE BROOKS RANGE THURSDAY MORNING... AND CONTINUING UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN PASSES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ206-051500- /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.090305T1500Z-090306T0900Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 658 PM AKST WED MAR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST THURSDAY NIGHT. A STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THURSDAY MORNING AND TO NORTH OF KOTZEBUE SOUND BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO MOUNTAIN PASSES OF THE BROOKS RANGE THURSDAY MORNING... AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN PASSES. 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. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWAK41 PAFG 051405 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 505 AM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 AKZ201-060200- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.090305T1500Z-090306T0900Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 505 AM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... A STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THIS MORNING AND TO NORTH OF KOTZEBUE SOUND BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CAPE LISBURNE THURSDAY MORNING... SPREADING NORTH TO WAINWRIGHT BY AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ205-060200- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.090305T1500Z-090306T0300Z/ NORTHWESTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...SINGILUK...UMIAT 505 AM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND TODAY AND TO NORTH OF KOTZEBUE SOUND BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO MOUNTAIN PASSES OF THE BROOKS RANGE THIS MORNING... AND CONTINUING UNTIL THIS EVENING. WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN PASSES. 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. $$ AKZ206-060200- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.090305T1500Z-090306T0900Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 505 AM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... A STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THIS MORNING AND TO NORTH OF KOTZEBUE SOUND BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO MOUNTAIN PASSES OF THE BROOKS RANGE THIS MORNING... AND CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN PASSES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 052318 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 218 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 AKZ205-060030- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090306T0300Z/ NORTHWESTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...SINGILUK...UMIAT 218 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ AKZ206-060900- /X.EXT.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090306T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 218 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. BLOWING SNOW IS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES...INCLUDING ATIGUN PASS. SOUTH WINDS IN ATIGUN PASS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AND PRODUCE VERY LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH AND VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE ON FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ201-060900- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090306T0900Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 218 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AND VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE ABOVE BLIZZARD LEVELS. 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. $$ ES MAR 09
000 WWAK41 PAFG 060312 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 612 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 AKZ201-060900- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090306T0900Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 612 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AND VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE ABOVE BLIZZARD LEVELS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ206-061500- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090306T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 612 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. BLOWING SNOW IS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES...INCLUDING ATIGUN PASS. SOUTH WINDS IN ATIGUN PASS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AND PRODUCE VERY LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH AND VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE ON FRIDAY. 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. $$ AKZ202-061500- /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0033.090306T0312Z-090306T1500Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 612 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 060853 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1153 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 AKZ201-061500- /X.EXT.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090306T1500Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 1153 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO THROUGH THE NIGHT. EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOWARD MORNING...WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AND VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE ABOVE BLIZZARD LEVELS. 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. $$ AKZ206-061500- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090306T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 1153 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... BLOWING SNOW IS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES...INCLUDING ATIGUN PASS. SOUTH WINDS IN ATIGUN PASS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AND PRODUCE VERY LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH AND VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE ON FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ202-061500- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090306T1500Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 1153 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE- QUARTER MILE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 061138 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 AKZ206-061245- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090306T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ AKZ201-061800- /X.EXT.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090306T1800Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING... 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. $$ AKZ202-061800- /X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090306T2100Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Mar 4, 11:49 AM AKST, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 11:49 AM AKST, 7 hours 9 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1149 AM AKST WED MAR 4 2009 .DISCUSSION... HIGH ENERGY PROGRESSIVE WAVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT MAY BECOME MORE STABLE DURING THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. ECMWF RUN BUILDS AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE MAINLAND OVER THE WEEKEND AND HOLDING IT IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. GFS MODEL ALSO BUILDS THE RIDGE OVER WEEKEND AND HOLDS IT THROUGH EARLY IN THE WEEK...THEN WEAKENS IT LATER IN THE WEEK BUT WITH SOME WEAK LEFTOVER RIDGING HANGING ON OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. NAM/GFS/ECMWF SURFACE PROGS LOOKING PRETTY CLOSE ON FORECAST TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE LOW NOW IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA. 972 MB LOW ABOUT 600 NM SOUTHWEST OF NOME IS PROGGED TO MOVE TO OUTER KOTZEBUE SOUND BY LATE THU NIGHT FILLING TO AROUND 986 MB...THEN WEAKEN RAPIDLY THEREAFTER. THE NEXT LOW ON DECK IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS BY 00Z SUN...WITH FRINGE WINDS REACHING ZONE 214 AND SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTERIOR ZONES AND IN THE WEST COAST ZONES... WATCHES OR WARNINGS FOR WINTER STORM WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THESE AREAS...EXCEPT ZONE 213 WHICH IS A BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN ZONE 222 WILL BE A MORE COMPLEX ISSUE... LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE BELOW 850 MB WILL PROBABLY LIMIT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THU AND THU NIGHT...SO WILL GO WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INSTEAD OF A WINTER STORM WATCH. FRI AND FRI NIGHT LOOK MORE PROMISING AS A SECOND SHOT OF MOISTURE ARRIVES... ALONG WITH FAST LOW LEVEL WESTERLIES. LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH EXPECTED IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES TONIGHT AND THU AS LEESIDE TROUGH DEVELOPS NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE. BRISK EAST WINDS DEVELOPING OVER MOST OR ALL OF THE ARCTIC COAST BY THU AFTERNOON AS THE BERING LOW MOVES NORTHEAST. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE FRI AND FRI NIGHT. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211- AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ221. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ220-AKZ222-AKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235- PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF MAR 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2:53 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Mar 5, 2:16 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 61 hr | |
| Mar 5, 2:16 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.