Blizzard Watch 9, NWS Anchorage, AK

400 
WWAK42 PAFC 052018 CCA
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1216 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

CORRECTED TYPOS

...A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE BERING SEA REGION
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...

.A LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS TUESDAY MORNING WILL RAPIDLY
INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE BERING SEA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. A STRONG FRONT MOVING OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW CENTER 
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE
ONSHORE OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING.
TEMPERATURES OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE VERY COLD WITH SINGLE
DIGITS ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND LOWER 20S ON THE PRIBILOF
ISLANDS. THEREFORE...PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BEGIN
TO FALL AS SNOW AND MAY COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG EASTERLY WINDS 
TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AS THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH...MUCH WARMER AIR WILL CAUSE PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH OR
CHANGE TO RAIN. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN EXACTLY WHEN TEMPERATURES
WILL WARM UP ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW.

AKZ155-060945-
/X.COR.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0800Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
1216 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

SNOW AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
KUSKOKWIM DELTA LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. EAST WIND OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECT INLAND WHILE THE
COAST WILL SEE MUCH STRONGER WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. THIS HAS
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEFORE 
WARMER AIR ARRIVES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS
SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF THE SNOW AND WINDS AS WELL AS
WHETHER TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ENOUGH TO CHANGE PRECIPITATION TO
RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

AKZ195-060945-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T0600Z-110406T1800Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
1216 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

SNOW AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY
LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO 45 TO 60 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND WINDS HAVE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEFORE WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN THE 20S BUT WILL
WARM INTO THE 30S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CHANGE PRECIPITATION
OVER TO RAIN. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF
PRECIPITATION AND WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ENOUGH TO END THE
THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

526 
WWAK42 PAFC 052126
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
126 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE BERING SEA REGION
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...

.A LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS TUESDAY MORNING WILL RAPIDLY
INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE BERING SEA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. A STRONG FRONT MOVING OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW CENTER WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE
ONSHORE OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING.
TEMPERATURES OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE VERY COLD WITH SINGLE
DIGITS ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...TEENS TO 20S IN THE BRISTOL
BAY AREA...AND LOWER 20S ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THEREFORE...
PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO FALL AS SNOW AND
MAY COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...MUCH WARMER AIR
WILL CAUSE PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN. THERE IS
UNCERTAINTY IN EXACTLY WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP ENOUGH TO
END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW.

AKZ161-061030-
/X.EXB.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0600Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
126 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

SNOW AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WESTERN CAPES WILL LIKELY SEE
EVEN STRONGER WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS HAS
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEFORE WINDS
SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. DILLINGHAM WILL ALSO SEE BLOWING SNOW...BUT WINDS 
ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER AND THUS VISIBILITIES SHOULD BE HIGHER.
THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME WARM
ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

AKZ155-061030-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0800Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
126 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

SNOW AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS 
THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. EAST WIND OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED INLAND WHILE 
THE COAST WILL SEE MUCH STRONGER WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. THIS HAS
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEFORE WARMER
AIR ARRIVES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS SOME
UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF THE SNOW AND WINDS AS WELL AS WHETHER
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ENOUGH TO CHANGE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

AKZ195-061030-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T0600Z-110406T1800Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
126 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

SNOW AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY
LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO 45 TO 60 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND WINDS HAVE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEFORE WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN THE 20S BUT
WILL WARM INTO THE 30S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CHANGE
PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE
TIMING OF PRECIPITATION AND WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ENOUGH TO
END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

170 
WWAK42 PAFC 060052
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
452 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE BERING SEA REGION
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...

.A LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
INTO THE BERING SEA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A STRONG FRONT MOVING
OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS
LATE TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE ONSHORE OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. TEMPERATURES OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE
VERY COLD WITH SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...TEENS TO
20S IN THE BRISTOL BAY AREA...AND LOWER 20S ON THE PRIBILOF
ISLANDS. THEREFORE...PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BEGIN
TO FALL AS SNOW AND MAY COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TO
PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AS THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH...MUCH WARMER AIR WILL CAUSE PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH OR
CHANGE TO RAIN. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN EXACTLY WHEN TEMPERATURES
WILL WARM UP ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW.

AKZ155-061400-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0800Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T1800Z-110407T1500Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
452 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM AKDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM AKDT
THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED INLAND WHILE THE COAST WILL SEE MUCH STRONGER WINDS
OF 35 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT THERE
REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WHETHER MUCH WARMER AIR TO THE SOUTH WILL
INTRUDE INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CHANGE THE SNOW TO
RAIN. THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT AT LEAST NORTHERN COASTAL
REGIONS WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

AKZ195-061400-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T0600Z-110406T1800Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T0600Z-110406T1800Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
452 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
AKDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
AKDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH
WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO
45 TO 60 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEFORE WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN
THE 20S BUT WILL WARM INTO THE 30S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CHANGE
THE SNOW OVER TO RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

AKZ161-061400-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0600Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
452 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

SNOW AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WESTERN CAPES WILL LIKELY SEE
EVEN STRONGER WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES POSSIBLY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...BEFORE
WINDS SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DILLINGHAM WILL ALSO SEE BLOWING SNOW...BUT
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER AND THUS VISIBILITIES SHOULD BE
HIGHER. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN TEMPERATURES
WILL BECOME WARM ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

737 
WWAK42 PAFC 060118 CCA
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
516 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

CORRECTED HEADLINE 161 

...A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE BERING SEA REGION
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...

.A LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
INTO THE BERING SEA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A STRONG FRONT MOVING
OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS
LATE TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE ONSHORE OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. TEMPERATURES OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE
VERY COLD WITH SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...TEENS TO
20S IN THE BRISTOL BAY AREA...AND LOWER 20S ON THE PRIBILOF
ISLANDS. THEREFORE...PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BEGIN
TO FALL AS SNOW AND MAY COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TO
PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AS THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH...MUCH WARMER AIR WILL CAUSE PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH OR
CHANGE TO RAIN. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN EXACTLY WHEN TEMPERATURES
WILL WARM UP ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW.

AKZ155-061445-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0800Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T1800Z-110407T1500Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
516 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM AKDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM AKDT
THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED INLAND WHILE THE COAST WILL SEE MUCH STRONGER WINDS
OF 35 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT THERE
REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WHETHER MUCH WARMER AIR TO THE SOUTH WILL
INTRUDE INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CHANGE THE SNOW TO
RAIN. THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT AT LEAST NORTHERN COASTAL
REGIONS WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

AKZ195-061445-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T0600Z-110406T1800Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T0600Z-110406T1800Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
516 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
AKDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
AKDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH
WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO
45 TO 60 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEFORE WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN
THE 20S BUT WILL WARM INTO THE 30S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CHANGE
THE SNOW OVER TO RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

AKZ161-061445-
/X.COR.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0600Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
516 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM. 

SNOW AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WESTERN CAPES WILL LIKELY SEE
EVEN STRONGER WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES POSSIBLY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...BEFORE
WINDS SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DILLINGHAM WILL ALSO SEE BLOWING SNOW...BUT
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER AND THUS VISIBILITIES SHOULD BE
HIGHER. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN TEMPERATURES
WILL BECOME WARM ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

034 
WWAK42 PAFC 061306
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
506 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011


AKZ161-070000-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0600Z/
/X.EXB.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T1800Z-110407T0000Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
506 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM
AKDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM AKDT
THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A WEATHER FRONT FROM A BERING LOW WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
TODAY TO THE BRISTOL BAY COAST WEST OF DILLINGHAM. SNOW WILL
DEVELOP IN THE MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES. EAST WIND
INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM IN THE AFTERNOON AND
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END AS SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

AKZ155-070215-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T1800Z-110407T1500Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
506 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 AM AKDT THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 AM AKDT THURSDAY. 

A FRONT FROM A BERING LOW WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE
KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS MORNING THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. A TOTAL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH EAST WIND 20 TO 35
MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END THURSDAY MORNING
AS SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

AKZ195-061800-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110406T1800Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
506 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKDT THIS
MORNING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKDT THIS
MORNING. 

SOUTHEAST WIND 40 TO 55 MPH IS COMBINING WITH SNOWFALL TO PRODUCE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PRIBILOFS THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY RISE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO END BY MID MORNING AS SNOW CHANGES TO
RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
600 AM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
AN UPPER LEVEL JET CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM THE  WEST BERING AND
CURVES INTO THE NORTH PACIFIC SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA.  A
SECOND MORE POTENT 165 KT JET LIES ALONG THE 40 N PARALLEL SOUTH OF
SHEMYA. THIS JET LIES ALONG THE BASE OF A SHARP TROUGH AND LIES JUST
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF A SURFACE LOW. THIS JET IS EXPECTED TO PLAY A
PIVOTAL ROLE IN BOTH SUPPORTING THE RAPID DEEPENING OF THIS SURFACE
LOW AND TRANSPORTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM
THE GULF.  FURTHER EAST...AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE OVER THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA IS GRADUALLY MOVING EASTWARD. A RAPIDLY WEAKENING SURFACE LOW
LIES BENEATH THIS FEATURE.

.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM AND ARE IN DECENT
AGREEMENT WELL INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. MODELS ARE SHOWING GREATER
DISCREPANCY IN CAPTURING THE MANIFESTATION OF A LOW IN THE GULF BY
SATURDAY. THE ECMWF HAS SHOWN THE GREATEST RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY AND
WAS THE MODEL OF CHOICE FOR THE MORNING FORECAST.

.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL...
DOWNSLOPING HAS FINALLY SUBSIDED THIS MORNING ACROSS ANCHORAGE THIS
MORNING...ALLOWING FOR LIGHT SNOW TO FINALLY REACH THE SURFACE.
MEANWHILE...SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE KENAI PENINSULA
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.  THE FORCING OF THIS SNOW HAS BEEN AN UPPER
LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY
TODAY...BRINGING SNOW TO THE ANCHORAGE AREA...MATANUSKA VALLEY AND
SUSITNA VALLEY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN THIS EVENING AS A MUCH WEAKER WAVE
PROGRESSES THROUGH.  STEADIER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
AS A SYSTEM WITH A SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE SOURCE APPROACHES THE REGION.

SOUTHWEST...
A WEAK LOW CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES INLAND THROUGH THE
KUSKOKWIM DELTA. ITS SLOW PROGRESSION HAS BROUGHT LIGHT BUT STEADY
SNOW SHOWERS TO MUCH OF THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA ALL NIGHT. THE STRONG
WINDS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOW THAT HAVE RESULTED IN REDUCED
VISIBILITIES ALONG THE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THIS
SYSTEM...SHOWERS HAVE BEEN FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF BRISTOL BAY
OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS ALSO EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES EAST. A MUCH MORE POTENT
SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE REGION WEDNESDAY...BRINGING THE
CHANCE FOR STRONG WINDS AND STEADY PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA.

BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...
LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT WIND ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ALEUTIANS AHEAD OF
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE NORTH PACIFIC THAT IS EXPECTED TO
RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE BERING SEA BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.  THE CURRENT TRACK WILL BRING THE STORM TO HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS ACROSS THE LION'S SHARE OF THE BERING AND ALEUTIAN CHAIN. THE
EASTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS LOOK TO BEAR THE BRUNT...AND HIGH WIND
WATCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE REGIONS. A LONG
SOUTHWESTERLY FETCH ASSOCIATED WITH THE POWERFUL LOW ALSO BRINGS THE
THREAT COASTAL FLOODING TO BRISTOL BAY AND PERHAPS THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA ON THURSDAY.

.LONG TERM FORECAST...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO
PERSIST OVER AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL DOMINATE
THE REGION AS A SERIES OF LOWS PROGRESS ACROSS THE BERING AND INTO
THE GULF.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WATCH...185 187
MARINE...STORM...155 165 170 172 175 176 180 185
         GALE...130 132 150 160 171 179
         HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY...160 165 179 185
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

ELN APR 11

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
630 AM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

AKZ101-111-052000-

...STEADY SNOW MOVING IN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE...

AS OF 6 AM STEADY SNOW HAD BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS WEST ANCHORAGE.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REST OF ANCHORAGE AND NORTHWARD TO EAGLE
RIVER AND CHUGIAK BY 8 AM. SNOW WILL DEVELOP A LITTLE LATER UP
IN THE PALMER AND WASILLA AREA WITH BEGINNING TIME EXPECTED BETWEEN
8 AM AND 10 AM.

TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF ANCHORAGE THIS
MORNING. AS THE SNOW FIRST BEGINS TO FALL IT WILL MELT ON THE
ROADWAYS. HOWEVER...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE
MORNING HOURS AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADWAYS. THIS WILL
CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS BEGINNING DURING THE MORNING
COMMUTE.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CHANGE
TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE
ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE AND OTHER AREAS RIGHT ALONG THE CHUGACH MOUNTAINS.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH
THE SNOW SHOWERS.

DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS ROADWAYS BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS
MORNING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET WHERE YOU ARE GOING. STAY TUNED
TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR AT
HTTP://PAFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1045 AM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011

AKZ101-111-060000-

...SNOW FALLING FROM ANCHORAGE TO THE MATANUSKA VALLEY...

SNOW DEVELOPED THIS MORNING FROM ANCHORAGE TO THE MATANUSKA VALLEY.
AS OF 1030 AM SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION RANGED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES
ACROSS ANCHORAGE. A MODERATE BAND OF SNOW IS CURRENTLY SITTING
RIGHT OVER ANCHORAGE...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AS WE HEAD
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN UP OR EVEN STOP FOR
A WHILE THIS AFTERNOON IN BOTH ANCHORAGE AND THE MATANUSKA VALLEY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO RE-DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF
1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH THESE SHOWERS.

STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR AT
HTTP://PAFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.