Winter Storm Warning 28, NWS Fairbanks, AK

888 
WWAK42 PAFG 030453
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
853 PM AKDT SAT APR 2 2011

AKZ214-031400-
/X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110404T0200Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...EMMONAK...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
853 PM AKDT SAT APR 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT
SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT SUNDAY. 

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL
MOVE TO NEAR SAND POINT SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY. SOME OF THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...A NORTHEAST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH
INLAND AND TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG THE COAST. LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST. THE STRONG WIND
WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR
VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST LATE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY
HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$
RT APR 11

640 
WWAK42 PAFG 031253
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
453 AM AKDT SUN APR 3 2011

AKZ214-040000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110404T0200Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...EMMONAK...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
453 AM AKDT SUN APR 3 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FROM SCAMMON BAY WEST...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF SAND POINT WILL WEAKEN AND
MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TODAY ALONG THE COAST WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 3 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH A NORTHEAST WIND OF 25 TO
40 MPH FROM SCAMMON BAY WEST TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS MORNING.

INLAND...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS
MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 1 INCH.  

ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS THE YUKON DELTA TONIGHT
WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH
TONIGHT AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA AND SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY
HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$

594 
WWAK42 PAFG 032015
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1215 PM AKDT SUN APR 3 2011

AKZ214-040415-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110404T0200Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0041.110403T2015Z-110404T1400Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...EMMONAK...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
1215 PM AKDT SUN APR 3 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY BECAUSE SNOW AMOUNTS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL NOT BE AS
SEVERE AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT HOWEVER. A STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL
TURN NORTH TONIGHT. ALONG THE COAST GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
VISIBILITY TO BE AS LOW AS 1/2 MILE A TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW
THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

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
113 PM AKDT SAT APR 2 2011

.DISCUSSION...500 MB LOW OVER EASTERN SIBERIA CONTINUES TO MOVE
SOUTHEAST OVER THE CENTRAL BERING TONIGHT AND THEN INTO NORTHWEST
GULF OF ALASKA SUNDAY. JET MAX DIVING INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH
AND THEN EXITING TO THE NORTH EAST WILL PROVIDE FOR CONTINUED
DEEPENING OF THE SURFACE LOW AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC TOWARD THE ALASKA PENINSULA THIS EVENING. SFC LOW
PROGGED TO BE NEAR SAND POINT BY 12Z SUNDAY AND BOTTOM OUT AT NEAR
965 MB AT AROUND 6Z TONIGHT.

WEST COAST...UPGRADED WSA TO WSW FOR ZONE 214 AS QPF AGAIN RANGES
FROM 0.5 TO 0.8 INCH. PROGGED TEMPERATURE PROFILES INDICATE 10:1
TO 12:1 SNOW RATIO IS REASONABLE. 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT AND AND
ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES TOMORROW IN ZONE 214. GENERALLY 2 TO 4
INCHES FOR ZONE 215 WITH 1 TO 3 FOR ZONE 212. PRESSURE GRADIENT
CONTINUES TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH 20 TO 35
EXPECTED INLAND AND WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
EXPECTED LOCALLY ALONG THE COAST. BRIEF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY
DEVELOP IN LOCALIZED AREAS ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT BUT WIDE SPREAD
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

INTERIOR...AK RANGE TO SHIELD THE INTERIOR FROM PRECIP ASSOCIATED
WITH SAND POINT LOW AS FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHERLY AND WEAK LEE
SIDE TROUGH DEVELOPS. WINDS ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE IN ZONE 227
WILL INCREASE TONIGHT BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS. THIN OVERCAST WITH WARMER AIR MASS SHOULD ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN MILD TONIGHT IN ALL BUT NORTHERNMOST
INTERIOR.

NORTH SLOPE...AREAS OF FOG AND STRATUS ALONG THE COAST ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WEST OF BARROW WHILE PARTLY
CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED EAST OF BARROW.
WINDS AND SNOW WILL INCREASE MONDAY ALONG THE WESTERN ARCTIC SLOPE.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NONE ATTM.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NON ATTM.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ214.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220.
&&

CC APR 11