Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK

252 
WWAK42 PAFG 230543
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
943 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012

AKZ213-231400-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0011.120323T0800Z-120323T2000Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
943 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT FRIDAY
FOR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND...

* LOCATION...ST LAWRENCE ISLAND.

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

* WINDS...EAST TO 50 MPH.

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 3 INCHES.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
  AND CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NOON FRIDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SNOW TAPERS TO SNOW SHOWERS AND THE WIND
  DIMINISHES. 

* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR VISIBILITY WILL 
  MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

AKZ214-231400-
/X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0008.120323T0800Z-120324T0200Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
943 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012

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

* SNOW...4 TO 8 INCHES.

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND
  BLOWING SNOW.

* TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH 
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH TONIGHT ALONG THE COAST. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT AND 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER
WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$

AKZ215-231400-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0026.120323T1300Z-120324T0200Z/
LOWER YUKON VALLEY-
INCLUDING...RUSSIAN MISSION...GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK...
ANVIK...FLAT
943 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM
AKDT FRIDAY...

* LOCATION...MAINLY FOR THE NULATO HILLS.

* SNOW...4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT AND 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ216-231400-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0026.120323T1800Z-120324T0200Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
943 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM
AKDT FRIDAY...

* LOCATION...MAINLY FOR THE NULATO HILLS.

* SNOW...5 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY LATE
  FRIDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

852 
WWAK42 PAFG 231212
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
412 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

AKZ213-232000-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120323T2000Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
412 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY FOR
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND...

* LOCATION...ST LAWRENCE ISLAND.

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

* WINDS...EAST TO 45 MPH.

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NOON
  TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS SUBSIDE.

* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR VISIBILITY WILL 
  MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

AKZ214-240000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120324T0200Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
412 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

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

* SNOW...4 TO 6 INCHES.

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND 
  BLOWING SNOW. 

* TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT AND 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER
WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$

AKZ215-240000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0026.120323T1300Z-120324T0600Z/
LOWER YUKON VALLEY-
INCLUDING...RUSSIAN MISSION...GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK...
ANVIK...FLAT
412 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING...

* SNOW...4 TO 6 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE NULATO HILLS.

* TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT AND 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ216-240000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0026.120323T1800Z-120324T0600Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
412 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...MAINLY FOR THE NULATO HILLS.

* SNOW...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF 
  BY LATE THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

700 
WWAK42 PAFG 231833
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1033 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

AKZ213-231945-
/X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120323T2000Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
1033 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 


$$

AKZ214-240200-
/X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120324T0200Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
1033 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

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

* SNOW...4 TO 6 INCHES.

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND 
  BLOWING SNOW. 

* TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT AND 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER
WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$

AKZ215-240300-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120324T0600Z/
LOWER YUKON VALLEY-
INCLUDING...RUSSIAN MISSION...GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK...
ANVIK...FLAT
1033 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT
THIS EVENING...

* SNOW...4 TO 6 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE NULATO HILLS.

* TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT AND 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ216-240300-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120324T0600Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
1033 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT
THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...MAINLY FOR THE NULATO HILLS.

* SNOW...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY LATE 
  THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

323 
WWAK42 PAFG 232256
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
256 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

AKZ214-240000-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120324T0200Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
256 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 


$$

AKZ216-240600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120324T1400Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
256 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT
SATURDAY...

* LOCATION...MAINLY FOR THE NULATO HILLS.

* SNOW...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ215-240600-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120324T0600Z/
LOWER YUKON VALLEY-
INCLUDING...RUSSIAN MISSION...GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK...
ANVIK...FLAT
256 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT
THIS EVENING...

* SNOW...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 4 TO 6 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE
  NULATO HILLS.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT AND 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
127 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012

.DISCUSSION...

MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 24 HOURS. THE ECMWF AND THE GFS
ARE NOT AT ALL IN AGREEMENT AFTER 24 HOURS. THE NAM AND THE GFS
ARE MUCH CLOSER IN AGREEMENT. ALL OF THE MODELS TAKE THE NEXT
INCOMING SYSTEM AND SPLIT THE ENERGY WITH MOST OF IT GOING INTO
THE GULF OF ALASKA AND THE REMAINING DAB OF ENERGY GOING NORTH.
HOWEVER...THE ECMWF LEAVES VERY LITTLE ENERGY TO THE NORTH OF THE
ALASKA RANGE.

GIVEN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN ON EITHER MODEL...IT APPEARS
THAT THERE WILL BE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW THAT WILL MAKE IT NORTH OF
THE ALASKA RANGE. THERE APPEARS TO BE GOOD MOISTURE WITH THIS
SYSTEM AND IT IS LIKELY THAT THE WESTERN ZONES WILL BE RECIPIENTS
OF DECENT MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM THIS EVENT. HENCE A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR ZONE 214 AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 215 AND 216
SEEM REASONABLE AT THIS TIME. IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT ZONE 213
WILL BLIZZ WITH THIS EVENT.

THE AIR MASS WILL CHANGE OUT RATHER QUICKLY FROM RATHER DRY TO
RATHER MOIST. BUT THE LOW WILL WRAP COLD AIR IN AND AROUND IT SO
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A HUGE WARM UP WITH THE CHANGING OUT OF THE
AIR MASS. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH
NEXT WEEK WITH SOME OF THE COLD AIR GETTING PUSHED WELL NORTH
INITIALLY. BUT THEN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK A RESURGENCE
OF COLD AIR ATTEMPTS TO PUSH DOWN AGAIN OVER THE ARCTIC COAST TO
REMIND US THAT WINTER STILL HAS NOT RELINQUISHED ITS GRIP AS OF
YET...DESPITE AVAILABLE SUNLIGHT.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ202.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ214.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ205.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

CF MAR 12