Blizzard Watch 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK

421 
WWAK41 PAFG 112329
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
229 PM AKST SUN NOV 11 2012

AKZ203-121630-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.A.0006.121113T0300Z-121114T0300Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
229 PM AKST SUN NOV 11 2012

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH MONDAY NIGHT. WEST 30 TO 35 MPH 
  TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY 
  AS WINDS INCREASE. 

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL 
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES.

&&

$$

AKZ204-121630-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.A.0006.121113T0300Z-121115T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
229 PM AKST SUN NOV 11 2012

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH MONDAY NIGHT
  AND TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MONDAY EVENING 
  AS WIND SPEEDS RAPIDLY INCREASE. 

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL 
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES.

&&

$$

086 
WWAK41 PAFG 121334
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
434 AM AKST MON NOV 12 2012

AKZ203-130130-
/X.UPG.PAFG.BZ.A.0006.121113T0300Z-121114T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.121113T0600Z-121114T0600Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
434 AM AKST MON NOV 12 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM AKST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM AKST
TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
  EVENING. 

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEGINNING THIS EVENING CONTINUING
  THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL 
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$

AKZ204-130130-
/X.UPG.PAFG.BZ.A.0006.121113T0300Z-121115T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.121113T0600Z-121115T0600Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
434 AM AKST MON NOV 12 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH MONDAY NIGHT 
  AND TUESDAY. WEST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH TUESDAY EVENING DIMINISHING
  TO 30 TO 40 MPH LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY MONDAY
  EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL 
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
246 PM AKST SAT NOV 10 2012

.DISCUSSION...
THE FRONTAL PRECIPITATION BAND EXTENDING FROM KALTAG ALONG THE WEST
COAST THROUGH FAIRBANKS IN THE INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IT SHIFTS SOUTHWARD. THE
PRECIPITATION WAS PRIMARILY SNOW AS THE COLDER AIR HAS PUSHED INTO
THE AREA. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR 216 WAS CANCELLED WITH NO
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER
PARTS OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR OCCURRED TODAY WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW FALL IN FAIRBANKS AND NORTH POLE. THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE
FRONTAL BAND TOWARDS TOK AND EAGLE RECEIVED LESS THAN QUARTER OF AN
INCH.

IN ZONE 204...WESTERLY GALES WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS
EVENING AS THE 999 MB LOW CENTER NEAR BANKS ISLAND MOVES FARTHER
EASTWARD ACROSS THE CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO. HOWEVER...SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE. ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACROSS
ZONE 204 IS ALLOWING FOR QUARTER OF A MILE VISIBILITIES AT BARTER
ISLAND. WEST WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE
ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THUS A
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH IT
IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE WINDS WILL SLOWING DIMINISH AFTER 9 PM
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REMAINING AND
WILL BE EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTENDING THE BLIZZARD
WARNING.

CURRENT MODELS PROGGING A 960-965 MB LOW MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN
BERING SEA BY EARLY TUE. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT COULD BRING SNOW AND
POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN TO ZONES 214-215-227 TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY. EASTERLY GALE TO STORM WIND EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
PK210 LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY...EASTERLY GALES
DEVELOPING PK200 TUESDAY...WITH BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AS
FAR NORTH AS PK225.

THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD OF A STRONG SYSTEM DIVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF
THE HIGH ARCTIC ON A COURSE TOWARDS BANKS ISLAND AROUND THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK...MODELS DIFFER ON CENTRAL PRESSURE...SPEED AND
TRACK...HOWEVER ALL SUGGEST WEST TO NORTHWEST GALES OVER ZONES
203-204-PK240-PK245-PK510...GUSTS TO 50-60 MPH POSSIBLE AT
BARTER ISLAND...DEVELOPING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A TROUGH PRECEDING
THE LOW MAY BRING A PERIOD OF MINIMUM GALES MONDAY NIGHT. THUS
ANOTHER POTENTIAL EXISTS AGAIN FOR ZONE 2O4 FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AK204.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PK210-PK220-PK225-PK245.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PK210-PKZ220-PKZ245.
&&

MAK NOV 12