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Blizzard Warning 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Dec 18, 2010, 9:11 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 18, 2010, 10:59 AM AKST. It was in force for 31 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
- Dec 18, 2010, 9:11 AM AKST (18:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2010, 10:59 AM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2010, 6:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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 Dec 18, 5:17 AM AKST, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 5:17 AM AKST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 517 AM AKST SAT DEC 18 2010 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 36 HOURS. AFTER THIS TIME FRAME THE MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE...PARTICULARLY WITH THE GFS DROPPING THE SURFACE LOW FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE NAM OVER THE ARCTIC COAST. THE PERSISTENT RIDGE OVER THE BERING SEA AND WEST COAST WILL REMAIN QUASI STATIONERY THROUGH AT LEAST 240 HOURS. THE LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE THROUGH THE SAME TIME FRAME. HOWEVER...IT DOES APPEAR THAT SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL POP OVER THE RIDGE AND KNOCK IT DOWN...ONLY TO HAVE THE RIDGE REBUILD AGAIN. TODAY...A DECENT SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL PUSH OVER THE RIDGE AND BRING SNOWFALL AND WINDS TO MANY PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST. THE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL COMBINE WITH THE LOW APPROACHING FROM RUSSIA TO CAUSE A DECENT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER MANY PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN ARCTIC COAST. THIS WILL INCREASE THE WINDS AND SPUR ON BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW TO GREATLY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. MEANWHILE COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR ARE THE RESULT OF A PREVIOUSLY COLD AIR MASS OVER THE AREA AND LACK OF ANY SUN TO HAVE MUCH OF ANY DIURNAL EFFECT. ONCE CLOUD COVER IS ABLE TO MAKE IT FAR ENOUGH EASTWARD...PARTICULARLY OVER ZONE 220...THE TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND SOMEWHAT AND WILL LIKELY STAY LESS COLD. THE ARCTIC COAST WILL SEE WINDS INCREASE TODAY WITH WARM ADVECTION PUSHING EASTWARD OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL BRING SOME SNOWFALL OVER THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST AND FLURRIES ELSEWHERE. THE WEST COAST WILL SEE THE SNOWFALL TAPERING OFF BY LATE SUNDAY AND DECREASING CLOUDS BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE INTERIOR WILL REMAIN FAIRLY COLD BUT SOME SNOWFALL MAKE IT EASTWARD WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND MAY COMBINE WITH SOME OVERRUNNING FOR SOME ENHANCED SNOWFALL MONDAY AND TUESDAY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ211-AKZ213. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240. && CF DEC 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 5:48 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 3 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:12 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:13 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:27 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:32 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Dec 18, 12:18 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 18, 12:37 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 26 hr |
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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.