Blizzard Watch 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK

773 
WWAK41 PAFG 172150 CCA
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
126 PM AKDT SUN APR 17 2011

AKZ204-181400-
/X.COR.PAFG.BZ.A.0007.110419T0200Z-110419T2000Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
126 PM AKDT SUN APR 17 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

CORRECTED GRAMMATICAL ERRORS

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

A DEEPENING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA AND TOWARDS
BANKS ISLAND MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH TO THE EASTERN
ARCTIC COAST...INCLUDING KAKTOVIK. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH VERY
LOW VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ARE LIKELY FROM
MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY.

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.

&&

$$
RT/SAK APR 2011

703 
WWAK41 PAFG 172347
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
347 PM AKDT SUN APR 17 2011

AKZ204-180500-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0044.110417T2347Z-110418T0500Z/
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.A.0007.110419T0200Z-110419T2000Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
347 PM AKDT SUN APR 17 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING.

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

THIS EVENING...A WEAKENING WEATHER FRONT IS PRODUCING SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW AND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AS
THE WEATHER FRONT MOVES AWAY.

A NEW...DEEPENING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA AND
TOWARDS BANKS ISLAND MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING
SNOW... BLOWING SNOW AND WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH TO THE EASTERN
ARCTIC COAST...INCLUDING KAKTOVIK. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH VERY
LOW VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ARE LIKELY FROM MONDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY.

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.

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

&&

$$
RT APR 2011

895 
WWAK41 PAFG 180450
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
850 PM AKDT SUN APR 17 2011

AKZ204-181400-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-110418T0500Z/
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.A.0007.110419T0200Z-110419T2000Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
850 PM AKDT SUN APR 17 2011

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

THE STRONG WIND THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING IS NOW
DIMINISHING AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
TONIGHT.  

A DEEPENING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA AND TOWARDS
BANKS ISLAND MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW AND WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC
COAST...INCLUDING KAKTOVIK. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ARE LIKELY FROM MONDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY.

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.

&&

$$

204 
WWAK41 PAFG 181149
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
349 AM AKDT MON APR 18 2011

AKZ204-190000-
/X.UPG.PAFG.BZ.A.0007.110419T0200Z-110419T2000Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0019.110419T0000Z-110419T2000Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
349 AM AKDT MON APR 18 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON
AKDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON
AKDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A DEEPENING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA AND TOWARDS
BANKS ISLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SNOW... BLOWING
SNOW AND WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC
COAST...INCLUDING KAKTOVIK. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP FROM
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TUESDAY.


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.

&&

$$

AKZ203-190000-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0045.110419T0000Z-110419T1800Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
349 AM AKDT MON APR 18 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM AKDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM AKDT TUESDAY.

A DEEPENING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA AND TOWARDS
BANKS ISLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SNOW... BLOWING
SNOW AND WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH TO THE EAST CENTRAL ARCTIC
COAST...INCLUDING NUIQSUT AND PRUDHOE BAY. VERY LOW VISIBILITIES
IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND ON INTO TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
237 AM AKDT SUN APR 17 2011

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
OVER FAR EAST RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE TO ANGLE SOUTHEAST. STRONG
SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL PUSH OVER THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO NEAR
BANKS ISLAND BY TUE. THIS WILL PUSH COLDER AIR DOWN INTO THE
NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE STARTING MON NIGHT.

TEMPERATURES AT 850H WILL REMAIN COLDER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME
OF YEAR FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE...MAINLY FROM THE
BROOKS RANGE NORTHWARD. THE GFS APPEARS TO BE OUT OF TOUCH IN
TERMS OF SPREADING SNOW OR RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR
FROM TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC DUE TO
BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND NO MOISTURE
SOURCE.

TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SIGNIFICANTLY OVER MUCH OF THE STATE
THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS DOWN OVER THE AREA ON
TUE. BY THE END OF THE WEEK EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO RISE FROM THE
BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT IS POKING UP FROM SOUTHWESTERN
CANADA BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

AS THE COLD SHORT WAVE SLIDES DOWN TO NEAR BANKS ISLAND THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RAMP UP AND INCREASE TO NEAR 35 MPH ON THE
FAR EASTERN ARCTIC COAST STARTING LATER TODAY.

AN UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AND
BEGIN TO DRIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES MOVE
OUT OF THE HIGH ARCTIC AND EVENTUALLY CARVE OUT A TROUGH ACROSS THE
MAINLAND BY THE END OF THE WEEK.  THE NCEP RMOPS SHOW RELATIVELY LOW
MEASURES OF PREDICTABILITY...MOSTLY BECAUSE OF SPREAD IN THE HEIGHTS
DURING THE TRANSITION.  BY NEXT WEEKEND THE GFS HAS THE UPPER TROUGH
ALONG THE WEST COAST WITH SOME RIDGING ACROSS EASTERN ALASKA.  THE
ECMWF DRIVES THE UPPER THROUGH THE INTERIOR AND INTO THE SOUTHERN
MAINLAND.  THE GFS LOOKS TO HAVE A MORE CLIMATOLOGICAL SOLUTION.
THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN A FAIRLY QUIET ONE FOR NORTHERN AK WITH
TEMPERATURES BY MID-LATE WEEK TRENDING BELOW NORMAL. BY NEXT
WEEKEND NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE
EASTERN INTERIOR WITH NEAR TO BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FROM THE
WESTERN INTERIOR TO THE WEST COAST.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ245.
&&

CF APR 11