Blizzard Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK41 PAFG 191352
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
452 AM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

AKZ201-202-191500-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090219T1500Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE...
BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK
452 AM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BUT ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. 

$$

AKZ206-200000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090220T0300Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
452 AM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON IN PASSES...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN PASSES TODAY. A
SOUTHWEST WIND WILL GUST TO 50 MPH AND COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW
TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH PASSES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING WHICH WILL END THE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. 

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.

$$

AKZ203-200000-
/X.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090220T0900Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
452 AM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT.

PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE SNOW TAPERING TO SNOW
SHOWERS THIS EVENING. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED TODAY. A SOUTHEAST WIND EARLY THIS MORNING OF AROUND 20
MPH WILL SHIFT INTO THE SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WIND WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. A BRIEF LULL IN THE STRONGER WIND AND
BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR A TIME LATER THIS MORNING AS THE WIND
SHIFTS...BUT ANY LULL IN THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO BE RELATIVELY
SHORT.  

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

$$

AKZ204-200000-
/X.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.090219T2100Z-090220T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
452 AM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM AKST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM AKST FRIDAY.

PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION. A SOUTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL SHIFT INTO THE
WEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WIND
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARD
FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WIND WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
SNOW AND REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.

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

$$

AKZ205-200000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090220T0300Z/
NORTHWESTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...SINGILUK...UMIAT
452 AM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS
EXPECTED TODAY. IN PASSES AND ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS A SOUTH
WIND WILL GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. THE
WIND WILL SHIFT INTO THE WEST AND DIMINISH GRADUALLY THIS
AFTERNOON. 

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

$$

000 
WWAK41 PAFG 192341
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
241 PM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

AKZ203-200045-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090220T0900Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
241 PM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 



$$

AKZ205-200045-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090220T0300Z/
NORTHWESTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...SINGILUK...UMIAT
241 PM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 



$$

AKZ206-201500-
/X.EXT.PAFG.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090220T1500Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
241 PM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY|
FOR ATIGUN PASS...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. 

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN ATIGUN PASS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH AND
LOCALLY NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW.
THGE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO END BY 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.

$$

AKZ204-201500-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090220T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
241 PM AKST THU FEB 19 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING
SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY.

WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING 
SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. 

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

$$

000 
WWAK41 PAFG 201312
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
412 AM AKST FRI FEB 20 2009

AKZ206-201415-
/X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090220T1500Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
412 AM AKST FRI FEB 20 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AND THEREFORE THE
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 

$$

AKZ204-210000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090221T0000Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
412 AM AKST FRI FEB 20 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A WEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TODAY. THE STRONG WIND
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITIES TO ONE
HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES TODAY. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH TONIGHT. 

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
515 AM AKST WED FEB 18 2009

.DISCUSSION...
THE ACTIVE AND PROGRESSIVE PATTERN CONTINUES. THE THIRD IN A
SERIES OF BERING SEA STORMS WILL PACK QUITE A WALLOP DURING THE
NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS WITH NEARLY ALL OF NORTHERN AK TO BE IMPACTED
TO VARYING DEGREES. NUMEROUS WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED...AND WILL BE EXPANDING WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS INTO PARTS OF THE INTERIOR
AND ALONG PARTS OF THE ARCTIC COAST.

A 961 MB LOW IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA EARLY THIS MORNING NEAR
58N 175E WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS AS IT
TRACKS INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA BY THUR MORNING. THIS WILL
BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW TO MUCH OF NORTHERN AK
WITH AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG PARTS OF
THE WEST COAST...WITH THE WEATHER SPREADING INTO MUCH OF THE
INTERIOR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NORTH SLOPE...A 1008 MB LOW ABOUT 400 MILES NORTH OF DEMARCATION
POINT WILL WEAKEN TODAY AND SLIDE OFF TO THE WESTERN CANADIAN
ARCHIPELAGO.  THIS WILL ALLOW THE WIND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG
PARTS OF THE BEAUFORT SEA COAST TO RAPIDLY COME TO AN END THIS
MORNING. CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING IN ZONE 203...BUT STILL
ENOUGH WIND AND LOW ENOUGH TEMPS FOR WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW IN
THE MORNING. MAINTAINED THE BLIZZARD WARNING IN ZONE 204 WHERE THE
WIND IS STILL HOWLING...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD RAPIDLY IMPROVE BY
NOON.  AS THE NEXT BERING SEA LOW BEGINS TO LIFT TOWARD THE
SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA COAST SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG
THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EAST TO BARROW
BY THIS EVENING. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A WINDOW OF TIME WITH
ENOUGH WIND TO ISSUE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THE WESTERN AND
NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST STARTING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO
THIS EVENING FOR LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. WILL NEED TO
KEEP AN EYE ON THE BEAUFORT SEA COAST FOR TONIGHT...BUT FOR NOW
WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY HIGHLIGHTS AND ALLOW THE CURRENT SYSTEM TO
WIND DOWN FIRST. WILL ALSO ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE
NW BROOKS RANGE STARTING LATER TODAY AS THE COMBINATION OF SNOW
AND STRONG WIND IN PASSES AND ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL LEAD
TO AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW.

WEST COAST...IN THE SHORT TERM (TODAY) THE HIGHEST IMPACT WEATHER
WILL BE FOUND ALONG THE WEST COAST.  THERE ARE ALREADY NUMEROUS
BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS OUT AND WILL UPGRADE THE EXISTING
WATCHES TO WARNINGS FOR ZONES 207 AND 208 AND EXTEND THEM IN TIME
FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY.  LIKELY THAT ZONES 213 AND 214 WILL BE
ABLE TO BE DROPPED LATER TODAY AS THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS END...BUT
IN PARTS OF LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS IT IS LIKELY THAT
HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

INTERIOR...THE INCOMING SYSTEM LOOKS TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR.  SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN
INTERIOR BY THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EAST TO FAIRBANKS BY THIS
EVENING.  HAVE ISSUED SEVERAL WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR ZONES
218-220-221-222-225...AND ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ZONES
219 AS UPSLOPE FLOW WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW
FROM BETTLES NORTH INTO THE ALATNA HILLS. IN FAIRBANKS...WOULD
EXPECT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3
INCHES ON THURSDAY FOR A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. ON SOME
OF THE HILLS AND ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO NORTH AND EAST OF
FAIRBANKS HIGHER TOTALS ARE LIKELY.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ203.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ208-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ219.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204-AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-
AKZ213-AKZ214.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ205-AKZ206-AKZ218-
AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ225.

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

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ240-
PKZ245-PKZ245.
&&

CB FEB 09