Blizzard Watch 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK42 PAFG 262303
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
203 PM AKST WED JAN 26 2011

AKZ213-271200-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.A.0002.110128T0300Z-110128T1500Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
203 PM AKST WED JAN 26 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. 

A STORM CENTERED ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS
THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE BERING SEA BY
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY WITH WIND
SPEEDS OF 40 MPH EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR.

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 WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

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WWAK42 PAFG 270400
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
700 PM AKST WED JAN 26 2011

AKZ213-271500-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.A.0002.110128T0300Z-110128T1500Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
700 PM AKST WED JAN 26 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. 


A STRONG STORM SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHERN BERING SEA THURSDAY EVENING. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE 
NORTH AND PASS ABOUT 200 MILES WEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND FRIDAY
EVENING.

AN EAST WIND WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
TO 30 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SAINT
LAWRENCE ISLAND THURSDAY NIGHT AND SPREAD NORTH TO THE BERING
STRAIT COAST ON FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG
WIND TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND MAY
PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ON SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND
THURSDAY NIGHT.

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 WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

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WWAK42 PAFG 271229
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
329 AM AKST THU JAN 27 2011

AKZ213-280100-
/X.UPG.PAFG.BZ.A.0002.110128T0300Z-110128T1500Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0006.110128T0300Z-110128T1500Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
329 AM AKST THU JAN 27 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST
FRIDAY OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST
FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA THIS
EVENING. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 45 MPH OVER ST LAWRENCE
ISLAND BY EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT
WITH EAST WINDS TO 45 MPH AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT.

THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY WITH SOUTHEAST
WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH CONTINUING. VISIBILITY WILL BE POOR
AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
251 PM AKST TUE JAN 25 2011

.DISCUSSION...

CURRENT RUNS FROM THE GFS/NAM/EUROPEAN AND GEM ARE
IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT OUT THROUGH 12Z FRI.
974 MB LOW S OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL MOVE TO ABOUT
100 NM S OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND BY 12Z SUN FILLING
TO 982 MB...WEAKENING TO A VERY WEAK 988-990 MB
CENTER ABOUT 100 NM W OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND BY 12Z
THU AS IT BECOMES ABSORBED IN THE CIRCULATION
AROUND A DEEP 955-960 MB LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS.

FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAKENING 976 MB LOW NEAR
MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL RAPIDLY BECOME BROKEN UP
AS IT CROSSES THE ALASKA RANGE...LIGHT SNOW OR
SNOW SHOWERS MAY SPREAD NORTHWARD UP THE WEST COAST
TODAY THROUGH WED. WEAKENING SHORT WAVE CROSSING
THE ALASKA RANGE COULD BRING SOME FLURRIES OR
A DUSTING OF LIGHT SNOW TO SOME INTERIOR AREAS
WED NIGHT INTO THU MORNING.

WINDS INCREASING OVER THE WEST COAST AND WEST COAST
MARINE AREAS BEGINNING THU AFTERNOON AS A DEEP 955-960
MB LOW MOVES NORTHWARD TO THE ALEUTIANS WEST OF DUTCH
HARBOR. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVER ST
LAWRENCE ISLAND THU EVENING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
POSSIBLE IN ZONES 210-211-212-214.

STRONG RIDGING ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER
THE INTERIOR AND ARCTIC REGIONS FROM THU INTO
THE WEEKEND...BRINGING AN END TO THE VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES OVER THE ARCTIC SLOPE. THE MONDAY
AFTERNOON RAOB AT FAIRBANKS SHOWED TEMPERATURES
ABOVE -5C FROM 890 MB TO 820 MB. TEMPERATURES
ALOFT MAY TEMPORARILY COOL A BIT WITH THE NORTHWARD
MOVING SHORT WAVE THEN RISE AGAIN WITH THE BUILDING
UPPER RIDGE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

JAN 11