Winter Storm Warning 37, NWS Fairbanks, AK

679 
WWAK41 PAFG 221259
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
359 AM AKST TUE NOV 22 2011

AKZ206-230100-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WS.W.0037.000000T0000Z-111123T1500Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
359 AM AKST TUE NOV 22 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
WEDNESDAY. 

* LOCATION...ALONG THE DALTON HIGHWAY AT ATIGUN PASS.

* BLOWING SNOW...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE THE
  VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THERE WILL ALSO
  LIKELY BE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. 

* WIND CHILLS...TO 70 BELOW.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
  SLOWLY IMPROVE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE WIND DIMINISHES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE DANGEROUS WINTER
WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...AND
BE PREPARED FOR THE LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS.

&&

$$

862 
WWAK41 PAFG 222314
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
214 PM AKST TUE NOV 22 2011

AKZ206-230715-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WS.W.0037.000000T0000Z-111124T0000Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
214 PM AKST TUE NOV 22 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST WEDNESDAY IN PASSES...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY. 

* LOCATION...IN PASSES.

* BLOWING SNOW...WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THERE WILL
  ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW.

* WIND CHILLS...TO 70 BELOW.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST GUSTING 30 MPH.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 
  TO SLOWLY IMPROVE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE WINDS DECREASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE DANGEROUS WINTER
WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...AND
BE PREPARED FOR THE LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS.

&&

$$

528 
WWAK41 PAFG 230612
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
912 PM AKST TUE NOV 22 2011

AKZ206-231600-
/X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0037.000000T0000Z-111124T0000Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
912 PM AKST TUE NOV 22 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY IN PASSES...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY. 

* LOCATION...IN PASSES.

* BLOWING SNOW...WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THERE WILL 
  ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. 

* WIND CHILLS...TO 70 BELOW.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST GUSTING 30 MPH.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 
  TO SLOWLY IMPROVE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE WINDS DECREASE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE DANGEROUS WINTER
WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...AND
BE PREPARED FOR THE LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS.

&&

$$

867 
WWAK41 PAFG 231203
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
303 AM AKST WED NOV 23 2011

AKZ206-240100-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0037.000000T0000Z-111124T0000Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0069.111123T1203Z-111124T0900Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
303 AM AKST WED NOV 23 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* LOCATION...IN PASSES.

* BLOWING SNOW...WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THERE WILL
  ALSO BE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW.

* WIND CHILLS...TO 55 BELOW.

* WINDS...NORTH AROUND 20 MPH.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED TO SLOWLY IMPROVE LATE TONIGHT AS THE WIND GRADUALLY 
  DIMINISHES.

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
117 PM AKST MON NOV 21 2011

.DISCUSSION...
THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE UPPER AIR FEATURES A DEEP LOW LOCATED NEAR MCGRATH THIS
EVENING. THIS LOW WILL MOVE OVER COOK INLET EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...THEN OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE SURFACE HAS A STRONG LOW OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA THAT
WILL DEEPEN TO 964 MB AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES OVER THAT AREA.
IT WILL STAY IN THE GULF THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WEAK
RIDGE WILL BUILD ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST TONIGHT AND PERSIST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

INTERIOR...GENERALLY VERY COLD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. EXPECT LOW
WIND CHILLS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW OVER SUMMITS AS THE GULF OF
ALASKA LOW DEEPENS. THE WORSE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR SUMMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ZONES
218 219 AND 220 AND WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 225 AND 226
TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR
WITH FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW PERSISTING THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. ICE FOG WILL DEVELOP AGAIN IN THE
EVENING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY IN
THE FAIRBANKS AREA.

NORTH SLOPE...PRETTY GOOD WEATHER...LIGHT WINDS ALONG THE COAST
WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONGER NORTH
WINDS THROUGH PASSES TONIGHT WITH SOME LOW WIND CHILLS AND AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING FOR ZONE 206 FOR PASSES.

WEST COAST...MAINLY DRY WITH A FEW FLURRIES...EXCEPT FOR THE
BERING STRAIT AND ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WHERE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
ARE POSSIBLE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT AND ACROSS THE ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WATERS.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.CLIMATE...FAIRBANKS SET ANOTHER RECORD LOW THIS MORNING WHEN IT
RECORDED 38 BELOW. THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW WAS 35 BELOW SET IN
1904. THIS MAKES FIVE RECORD LOWS IN A ROW...BUT WILL PROBABLY END
THERE AS TUESDAY'S RECORD IS 36 BELOW AND WITH CLOUDS MOVING INTO
THE AREA WE ARE EXPECTING A LOW AROUND 30 BELOW. BACK IN 1961 WE
HAD NINE RECORD LOWS IN A ROW BUT IT WAS SET LATER IN THE WINTER.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200.
&&

RL NOV 11