Alert archive / Alaska / Freezing Rain Advisories in 2012
Freezing Rain Advisory 4, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this freezing rain advisory at Nov 7, 2012, 4:03 PM AKST. It took effect at Nov 8, 2012, 12:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 41 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 7, 2012, 4:03 PM AKST (01:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 8, 2012, 12:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2012, 5:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
893 WWAK42 PAFC 080103 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 403 PM AKST WED NOV 7 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE NORTHERN PACIFIC IS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS SOUTHWEST ALASKA. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT NEAR BRISTOL BAY AND THEN EXPAND NORTH INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA REGION THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES WARM RAPIDLY ALOFT...THE COLD AIR MASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED NEAR THE SURFACE AND WILL BE RELUCTANT TO SURRENDER TO THE APPROACHING WARM AIR MASS...ESPECIALLY IN SHELTERED VALLEYS. THE RESULT WILL BE SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN...WITH THE MAIN AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN SLOWLY MOVING NORTH WITH TIME AS WARMER AIR GRADUALLY PUSHES TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING AND CHANGES THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL RAIN BY THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING. AKZ155-081430- /X.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.121108T1500Z-121109T1400Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 403 PM AKST WED NOV 7 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM AKST FRIDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS BUT ISOLATED AREAS OF TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SOUTH AND WEST OF BETHEL THURSDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEST OF BETHEL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AREAS. * IMPACTS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED OBJECTS INCLUDING POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ161-081430- /X.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.121108T0900Z-121109T1400Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 403 PM AKST WED NOV 7 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM AKST FRIDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS BUT WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF TWO TENTHS OF INCH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY INLAND. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT...THEN MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INLAND THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN. * IMPACTS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED OBJECTS INCLUDING POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
7 follow-up statements
717 WWAK42 PAFC 080317 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 617 PM AKST WED NOV 7 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE NORTHERN PACIFIC IS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS SOUTHWEST ALASKA. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT NEAR BRISTOL BAY AND THEN EXPAND NORTH INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND KUSKOKWIM VALLEY REGIONS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES WARM RAPIDLY ALOFT...THE COLD AIR MASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED NEAR THE SURFACE AND WILL BE RELUCTANT TO SURRENDER TO THE APPROACHING WARM AIR MASS...ESPECIALLY IN SHELTERED VALLEYS. THE RESULT WILL BE SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN...WITH THE MAIN AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN SLOWLY MOVING NORTH WITH TIME AS WARMER AIR GRADUALLY PUSHES TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING AND CHANGES THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL RAIN BY THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING. AKZ152-081630- /X.EXB.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.121109T0100Z-121109T1400Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 617 PM AKST WED NOV 7 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM AKST FRIDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THURSDAY...THEN QUICKLY MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED OBJECTS INCLUDING POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ155-081630- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.121108T1500Z-121109T1400Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 617 PM AKST WED NOV 7 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM AKST FRIDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS BUT ISOLATED AREAS OF TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SOUTH AND WEST OF BETHEL THURSDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEST OF BETHEL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AREAS. * IMPACTS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED OBJECTS INCLUDING POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ161-081630- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.121108T0900Z-121109T1400Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 617 PM AKST WED NOV 7 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM AKST FRIDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS BUT WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF TWO TENTHS OF INCH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY INLAND. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT...THEN MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INLAND THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN. * IMPACTS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED OBJECTS INCLUDING POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
210 WWAK42 PAFC 081409 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 509 AM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...MODEST ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE OVER SW ALASKA... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL ALEUTIAN CHAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS UNALASKA ISLAND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT TO THE EASTERN BERING SEA...THEN TRACK BACK ACROSS THE ALASKA PENINSULA TOWARDS THE GULF OF ALASKA OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. WELL ENTRENCHED BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND COUPLED WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC OVERRIDING IT WILL YIELD PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY AS A WEAK WEATHER FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A STRONGER FRONT LOOKS TO BRING STEADIER FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TAPERING OFF TO PASSING SHOWERS EARLY SATURDAY. AKZ152-090315- /X.EXT.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.121109T0100Z-121110T1400Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 509 AM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...INCLUDING ANIAK AND SLEETMUTE. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TRACE OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SOME LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...MIXING WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES BY THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN MAY TAPER OFF BRIEFLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT REDEVELOP AND BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK WITH TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ155-090315- /X.EXT.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.121108T1500Z-121110T1400Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 509 AM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...INCLUDING BETHEL AND KIPNUK. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TRACE OF ICE ACCUMULATION THIS MORNING. LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MAY TAPER OFF BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK WITH TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ161-090315- /X.EXT.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121110T0100Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 509 AM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST FRIDAY... * LOCATION...BRISTOL BAY BOROUGH...INCLUDING NAKNEK...DILLINGHAM AND ILIAMNA. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TRACE OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH TODAY. LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY TAPER OFF THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STEADIER AND HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN LOOKS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD NOSE ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS NEAR THE COAST...AND THEN TO POINTS NORTH OF DILLINGHAM DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK WITH TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JM
276 WWAK42 PAFC 082122 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1222 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...MODEST ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE OVER SW ALASKA... WELL ENTRENCHED BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND COUPLED WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC OVERRIDING IT WILL YIELD PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY. A WEATHER FRONT WILL BRING STEADIER FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY TO THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY AND DELTA...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TAPERING OFF TO PASSING SHOWERS EARLY SATURDAY. AKZ161-090300- /X.EXT.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121109T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 1222 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...MAINLY FROM DILLINGHAM NORTH AND WEST. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TRACE OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH TODAY. * TIMING...WARMER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION AND END THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK WITH TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ152-091030- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.121109T0100Z-121110T1400Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 1222 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...INCLUDING ANIAK AND SLEETMUTE. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TRACE OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SOME LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...MIXING WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES BY THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN MAY TAPER OFF BRIEFLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT REDEVELOP AND BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK WITH TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ155-091030- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121110T1400Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 1222 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...INCLUDING BETHEL AND KIPNUK. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MAY TAPER OFF BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS POWER LINES AND WALKING SURFACES MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. PAVED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK WITH TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
315 WWAK42 PAFC 090104 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 404 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...MODEST ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE OVER SW ALASKA... COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND WARM MOIST AIR ALOFT WILL BRING RAIN...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AKZ152-091415- /X.EXT.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121110T0200Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 404 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST FRIDAY... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...INCLUDING ANIAK AND SLEETMUTE. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ALL EXPOSED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ155-091415- /X.EXT.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121110T0200Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 404 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST FRIDAY... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...INCLUDING BETHEL AND HOOPER BAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END FROM THE SOUTH...WITH THE HOOPER BAY AREA BEING THE LAST TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ALL EXPOSED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ161-090300- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121109T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 404 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...MAINLY FROM DILLINGHAM NORTH AND WEST. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TRACE OF ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...WARM AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION AND END THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ALL EXPOSED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
951 WWAK42 PAFC 090306 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 606 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA... COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND WARM MOIST AIR ALOFT WILL BRING RAIN...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AKZ161-090415- /X.EXP.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121109T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 606 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WARM AIR HAS WORKED ITS WAY TO THE SURFACE AROUND BRISTOL BAY THIS EVENING...RAISING TEMPERATURES AND ENDING THE FREEZING RAIN. $$ AKZ152-091615- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121110T0200Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 606 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST FRIDAY... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...INCLUDING ANIAK AND SLEETMUTE. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ALL EXPOSED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ155-091615- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121110T0200Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 606 PM AKST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST FRIDAY... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...INCLUDING BETHEL AND HOOPER BAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END FROM THE SOUTH... WITH THE HOOPER BAY AREA BEING THE LAST TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ALL EXPOSED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
492 WWAK42 PAFC 091400 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AKST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA... COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND WARM MOIST AIR ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AKZ152-100200- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121110T0200Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 500 AM AKST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...INCLUDING ANIAK AND SLEETMUTE. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ALL EXPOSED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ155-100200- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121110T0200Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 500 AM AKST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...INCLUDING BETHEL AND HOOPER BAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END FROM THE SOUTH THIS MORNING... WITH THE COAST NORTH OF NUNIVAK ISLAND BEING THE LAST AREA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ALL EXPOSED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
853 WWAK42 PAFC 100208 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 508 PM AKST FRI NOV 9 2012 AKZ152-155-100315- /X.EXP.PAFC.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121110T0200Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE...BETHEL... HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 508 PM AKST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM RIVER AND DELTA. LOCAL AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY PERSIST TONIGHT NORTH OF SLEETMUTE AND AROUND HOOPER BAY...BUT MOST PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO RAIN WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW AT TIMES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freezing rain advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freezing rain advisory went out at Nov 7, 5:00 AM AKST, 11 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 5:00 AM AKST, 11 hours 3 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
500 AM AKST WED NOV 7 2012
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN THE SHORT TERM ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR ALL MAJOR
FEATURES. PROBLEMS BEGIN TO ARISE AS WE MOVE INTO THE MID
TERM...PRIMARILY WITH THE LOW MOVING INTO THE EASTERN BERING THURSDAY
NIGHT. THE EC IS FASTER AND THE NAM IS THE SLOWEST WITH THE GFS AS
THE MIDDLE GROUND. ALL THREE ARE CLOSE IN INTENSITY. MEANWHILE THE
GEM IS NOT CLOSE AT ALL WITH THE LOW CENTER HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY.
IN THE LONG TERM THE MODELS ARE DOING OK OUT EAST BUT OUT WEST THINGS
START TO FALL APART. PLACEMENT AND INTENSITY OF MAJOR FEATURES IS
SOMEWHAT CLOSE RUN TO RUN BUT NOT NEARLY AS CLOSE BETWEEN THE
DIFFERENT MODELS.
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
RIDGING DOMINATES MUCH OF THE STATE RIGHT NOW KEEPING WEAK FLOW OVER
MAINLAND ALASKA. THIS RIDGE IS CONTINUING TO BUILD IN OVER THE STATE
AND WILL SLOWLY TRACK TO THE EAST. OUT WEST THE MAIN LOW AND
ASSOCIATED FRONT CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTH IMPACTING THE ALEUTIAN
ISLANDS. THIS LOW IS ALSO BRINGING UP WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE NORTH
PACIFIC THAT WILL PLAY A FACTOR FOR TEMPS AND PRECIP TYPE FOR AREAS
FROM THE ALEUTIANS TO THE GULF COAST.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL...HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE AREA VOID OF MOST CLOUD
COVER AND PRECIP UNTIL THE FRONT MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE AREA. TONIGHT
THE FRONT WILL REACH KODIAK ISLAND AND BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON IT WILL
HAVE MADE IT TO THE KENAI PENINSULA. BY THURSDAY NIGHT THE FRONT WILL
THEN HAVE MADE IT THROUGH MOST AREAS AROUND THE SOUTHCENTRAL. THE
WARM AIR BEING BROUGHT IN BEHIND THE FRONT WILL TRANSITION THE SNOW
OVER TO RAIN BEGINNING WITH THE AREAS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.
SOUTHWEST ALASKA...HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE AREA KEEPING PRECIP
AWAY FROM THE REGION UNTIL THE FRONT COMES INTO THE SOUTHWEST
TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW BUT BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON WILL HAVE TRANSITIONED OVER TO RAIN. THE RAIN WILL THEN
LAST INTO SATURDAY UNTIL THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST FROM ITS
PLACE IN THE EASTERN BERING.
BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...THE FRONT HAS ALREADY MADE ITS WAY
OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS AND WILL HAVE MOVED OVER THE EASTERN
ALEUTIANS BY LATE THIS MORNING. A TRIPLE POINT LOW WILL FORM SOUTH OF
THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS EARLY THURSDAY AND THAT LOW WILL THEN MOVE
NORTH INTO THE EASTERN BERING. MORE RAIN WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE AREA
AS THIS LOW MOVES THROUGH. RIDGING WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST AND
START TO PUSH THIS LOW OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST GIVING THE AREA A BREAK
FROM THE RAIN.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
THE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK KEEPING
LOWS PROGRESSING THROUGH THE AREA. NOT UNTIL THE END OF NEXT WEEK DO
THE MODELS HINT AT A RIDGE BUILDING IN OVER THE BERING FINALLY
SLOWING THE PATTERN DOWN.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...GALE WARNING...127 128 121 129 155 160 165 170 171 172 175
176 179
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY...180
FIRE WEATHER...NONE
DWK NOV 12The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Nov 7, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Nov 7, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 7, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Nov 7, 7:45 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 20 hr | |
| Nov 8, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Nov 8, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Nov 8, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 8, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Nov 8, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.