Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 28, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Nov 20, 2013, 4:24 PM AKST. It took effect at Nov 21, 2013, 4:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 20 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 20, 2013, 4:24 PM AKST (01:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 21, 2013, 4:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2013, 12:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
326 WWAK41 PAFC 210124 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 424 PM AKST WED NOV 20 2013 AKZ131-211430- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.131122T0300Z-131123T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 424 PM AKST WED NOV 20 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 4 PM AKST FRIDAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 4 PM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THOMPSON PASS. * SNOW...10 TO 20 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING AND COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO COME TO AN END. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ141-211430- /X.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0013.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 424 PM AKST WED NOV 20 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ101-211430- /X.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 424 PM AKST WED NOV 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEEZING RAIN IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-211430- /X.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T1400Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 424 PM AKST WED NOV 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY. * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-211430- /X.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131121T2100Z-131122T1500Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 424 PM AKST WED NOV 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM AKST FRIDAY ALONG THE INLET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE INLET. * SNOW...4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND COMBINE WITH NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW NEAR COOK INLET THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ145-211430- /X.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0300Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 424 PM AKST WED NOV 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY. * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FOR AREAS SOUTH OF TALKEETNA BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ171-211430- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-131121T1500Z/ KODIAK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY 424 PM AKST WED NOV 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... * SNOW...3 TO 6 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 20 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG THE COAST SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY THEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF KODIAK ISLAND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LEAD TO A TRANSITION FROM SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO ALL RAIN. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
10 follow-up statements
364 WWAK41 PAFC 211408 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 508 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 AKZ131-220315- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.131122T0300Z-131123T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 508 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AKST FRIDAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... * LOCATION...THOMPSON PASS. * SNOW...10 TO 20 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO COME TO AN END. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ125-220315- /X.EXB.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0000Z-131122T0900Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 508 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND TURNAGAIN ARM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND TURNAGAIN ARM. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WIND...EAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WILL PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES ONE HALF MILE OR LESS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ141-220315- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0013.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 508 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN... * LOCATION...SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LATE TONIGHT LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ101-220315- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 508 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-220315- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T1400Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 508 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-220315- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131121T2100Z-131122T1500Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 508 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM AKST FRIDAY ALONG THE INLET... * LOCATION...ALONG THE INLET. * SNOW...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...DOWN TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND COMBINE WITH NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW NEAR COOK INLET THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ145-220315- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0300Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 508 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY SOUTH OF TALKEETNA... * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FOR AREAS SOUTH OF TALKEETNA BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ171-211515- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-131121T1500Z/ KODIAK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY 508 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST EARLY THIS MORNING... * SNOW...STORM TOTAL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...A WARM FRONT WILL BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES TO KODIAK EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL BRING AN END TO THE SNOW. GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
676 WWAK41 PAFC 211502 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 602 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 AKZ171-211615- /X.EXP.PAFC.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-131121T1500Z/ KODIAK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY 602 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BUT WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE RISE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED DURING THE DAY. $$ AKZ131-220415- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.131122T0300Z-131123T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 602 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AKST FRIDAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... * LOCATION...THOMPSON PASS. * SNOW...10 TO 20 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO COME TO AN END. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ141-220415- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0013.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 602 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT EAST OF GLENNALLEN... * LOCATION...SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LATE TONIGHT LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ101-220415- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 602 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-220415- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T1400Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 602 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-220415- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131121T2100Z-131122T1500Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 602 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM AKST FRIDAY ALONG THE INLET... * LOCATION...ALONG THE INLET. * SNOW...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...DOWN TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND COMBINE WITH NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW NEAR COOK INLET THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ125-220415- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0000Z-131122T0900Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 602 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND TURNAGAIN ARM... * LOCATION...THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND TURNAGAIN ARM. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WIND...EAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WILL PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES ONE HALF MILE OR LESS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ145-220415- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0300Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 602 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY SOUTH OF TALKEETNA... * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FOR AREAS SOUTH OF TALKEETNA BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
229 WWAK41 PAFC 211534 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 634 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 AKZ131-220445- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.131122T0300Z-131123T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 634 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AKST FRIDAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... * LOCATION...THOMPSON PASS. * SNOW...10 TO 20 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO COME TO AN END. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ141-220445- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0013.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 634 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT EAST OF GLENNALLEN... * LOCATION...SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LATE TONIGHT LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ AKZ101-220445- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 634 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TRACE UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-220445- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T1400Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 634 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-220445- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131121T2100Z-131122T1500Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 634 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM AKST FRIDAY ALONG THE INLET... * LOCATION...ALONG THE INLET. * SNOW...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE INLET TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ125-220445- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0000Z-131122T0900Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 634 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND TURNAGAIN ARM... * LOCATION...THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND TURNAGAIN ARM. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WIND...EAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WILL PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE WORST VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN GRADUALLY WARM TO NEAR FREEZING OVERNIGHT LIMITING THE IMPACT OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ145-220445- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0300Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 634 AM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FOR AREAS SOUTH OF TALKEETNA BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW FOR THE REST OF THE SUSITNA VALLEY WITH HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE WESTERN VALLEY. ANY FREEZING RAIN THAT DOES DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
585 WWAK41 PAFC 212143 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1243 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 AKZ131-221045- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.131122T0300Z-131123T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 1243 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AKST FRIDAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... * LOCATION...THOMPSON PASS. * SNOW...10 TO 20 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO COME TO AN END. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ141-221045- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0013.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 1243 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT EAST OF GLENNALLEN... * LOCATION...SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LATE TONIGHT LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ101-221045- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 1243 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-221045- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T1400Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 1243 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-221045- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131122T1500Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 1243 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... * SNOW...4 TO 11 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE INLET AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NEAR KACHEMAK BAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH INLAND. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE WESTERN KENAI THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ALONG THE INLET WILL PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST THURSDAY NIGHT CAUSING SNOW TO CHANGE TO RAIN AROUND KACHEMAK BAY WITH AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN INLAND. AREAS ALONG THE INLET WILL LIKELY REMAIN MOSTLY SNOW. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY AFTERNOON CHANGING PRECIPITATION BACK TO ALL SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ125-220900- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0000Z-131122T0900Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 1243 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND TURNAGAIN ARM... * LOCATION...THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND TURNAGAIN ARM. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WIND...EAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WILL PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE WORST VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN GRADUALLY WARM TO NEAR FREEZING OVERNIGHT LIMITING THE IMPACT OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ145-221045- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0300Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 1243 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FOR AREAS SOUTH OF TALKEETNA BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW FOR THE REST OF THE SUSITNA VALLEY WITH HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE WESTERN VALLEY. ANY FREEZING RAIN THAT DOES DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
366 WWAK41 PAFC 220054 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 354 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 AKZ131-221430- /X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.131122T0100Z-131123T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 354 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST FRIDAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... * LOCATION...THOMPSON PASS. * SNOW...20 TO 30 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO COME TO AN END. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ141-221430- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0013.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 354 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT EAST OF GLENNALLEN... * LOCATION...SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LATE TONIGHT LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ AKZ101-221430- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 354 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS ALL SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH WARM AIR THROUGH TURNAGAIN ARM WILL BEGIN TO ALLOW FOR A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF POTTERS MARSH AND MCHUGH CREEK. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF ANCHORAGE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-221430- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T1400Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 354 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...3 TO 7 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS ALL SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-221430- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131122T1500Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 354 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... * SNOW...4 TO 11 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE INLET AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR KACHEMAK BAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ALONG THE INLET AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR KACHEMAK BAY. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH INLAND. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ALONG THE INLET AND NEAR KACHEMAK BAY WILL PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST LATE TONIGHT CAUSING SNOW TO CHANGE TO RAIN AROUND KACHEMAK BAY WITH AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN INLAND. AREAS ALONG THE INLET WILL LIKELY REMAIN MOSTLY SNOW. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY AFTERNOON CHANGING PRECIPITATION BACK TO ALL SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ125-220900- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131122T0900Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 354 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND TURNAGAIN ARM... * LOCATION...THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND TURNAGAIN ARM. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WIND...EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...WITH THE WORST VISIBILITIES EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN GRADUALLY WARM TO NEAR FREEZING OVERNIGHT LIMITING THE IMPACT OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ145-221430- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0300Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 354 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FOR AREAS SOUTH OF TALKEETNA BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW FOR THE REST OF THE SUSITNA VALLEY WITH HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE WESTERN VALLEY. ANY FREEZING RAIN THAT DOES DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
116 WWAK41 PAFC 220615 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 915 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 AKZ125-220715- /X.CAN.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131122T0900Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 915 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING...ENDING THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. $$ AKZ131-221815- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 915 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST FRIDAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... * LOCATION...THOMPSON PASS. * SNOW...20 TO 30 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO COME TO AN END. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ141-221815- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0013.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 915 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN... * LOCATION...SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LATE TONIGHT LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ AKZ101-221815- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T0900Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 915 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST FRIDAY NIGHT... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS ALL SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH WARM AIR THROUGH TURNAGAIN ARM WILL BEGIN TO ALLOW FOR A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF POTTERS MARSH AND MCHUGH CREEK. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF ANCHORAGE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-221815- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T1400Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 915 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...3 TO 7 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS ALL SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-221500- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131122T1500Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 915 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... * SNOW...4 TO 11 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE INLET AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR KACHEMAK BAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ALONG THE INLET AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR KACHEMAK BAY. * VISIBILITY...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH INLAND. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ALONG THE INLET AND NEAR KACHEMAK BAY WILL PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST LATE TONIGHT CAUSING SNOW TO CHANGE TO RAIN AROUND KACHEMAK BAY WITH AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN INLAND. AREAS ALONG THE INLET WILL LIKELY REMAIN MOSTLY SNOW. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY AFTERNOON CHANGING PRECIPITATION BACK TO ALL SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AKZ145-221815- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 915 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FOR AREAS SOUTH OF TALKEETNA BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW FOR THE REST OF THE SUSITNA VALLEY WITH HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE WESTERN VALLEY. ANY FREEZING RAIN THAT DOES DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
870 WWAK41 PAFC 221220 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 320 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 AKZ141-230130- /X.CAN.PAFC.ZR.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-131123T0900Z/ /X.EXA.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 320 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED EAST OF GLENNALLEN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 6 TO 12 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE WESTERN COPPER RIVER BASIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...AND THEN DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. FOR AREAS EAST OF GLENNALLEN...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE AREA TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-221330- /X.CAN.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131122T1500Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 320 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA HAVE ENDED. $$ AKZ131-230100- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 320 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... * LOCATION...THOMPSON PASS. * SNOW...20 TO 30 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO COME TO AN END. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ101-230130- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 320 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS ALL SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH WARM AIR THROUGH TURNAGAIN ARM WILL BEGIN TO ALLOW FOR A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF POTTERS MARSH AND MCHUGH CREEK. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF ANCHORAGE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-230130- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.131122T1400Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 320 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...3 TO 7 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS ALL SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MORE COLD AIR ARRIVES AND ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ145-230130- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 320 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND LEAD TO A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FOR AREAS SOUTH OF TALKEETNA BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW FOR THE REST OF THE SUSITNA VALLEY WITH HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE WESTERN VALLEY. ANY FREEZING RAIN THAT DOES DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
644 WWAK41 PAFC 221435 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 535 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 AKZ131-222100- /X.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0014.131122T1435Z-131122T2100Z/ /X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131122T2100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 535 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. * LOCATION...BLIZZARD THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...MAINLY FROM VALDEZ THROUGH KEYSTONE CANYON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THOMPSON PASS...BUT RISING TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE THE SNOW WETTER DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT IS EXPECTED TO WANE AS THIS OCCURS WITH IMPROVED VISIBILITY. FREEZING RAIN THROUGH NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LOOKS TO END AS PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL RAIN. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$ AKZ101-230345- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 535 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...THE ANCHORAGE AREA...INCLUDING EAGLE RIVER. * SNOW...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MID MORNING AS MOISTURE SURGES NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA. EXPECT WARM AIR ALOFT TO OVERRIDE THE COLD SURFACE AIRMASS AND PRODUCE FREEZING RAIN. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-230345- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 535 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GET A BOOST BY MID MORNING AS MOISTURE SURGE RS NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA. EXPECT WARM AIR ALOFT TO OVERRIDE THE COLD SURFACE AIRMASS AND PRODUCE STEADIER FREEZING RAIN. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ141-230345- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 535 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...SNOW THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. FREEZING RAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE WESTERN COPPER RIVER BASIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...AND THEN DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. FOR AREAS EAST OF GLENNALLEN...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE AREA TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ145-230345- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 535 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * LOCATION...SNOW THROUGHOUT THE SUSITNA VALLEY. FREEZING RAIN MAINLY FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH. * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GET A BOOST BY MID MORNING AS MOISTURE SURGE RS NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA. EXPECT WARM AIR ALOFT TO OVERRIDE THE COLD SURFACE AIRMASS AND PRODUCE STEADIER FREEZING RAIN FOR AREAS MAINLY FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH...WITH THE NORTHERN TO WESTERN VALLEY REMAINING ALL SNOW. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY...WITH ANY AREAS EXPERIENCING FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. * TIMING... * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JAM
192 WWAK41 PAFC 221834 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 934 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 AKZ111-230745- /X.CAN.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T1400Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0042.131122T2100Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 934 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ101-230745- /X.NEW.PAFC.IS.W.0001.131122T1834Z-131122T2100Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 934 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. * LOCATION...THE ANCHORAGE AREA...INCLUDING EAGLE RIVER. * SNOW...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH TO PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING... BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH FREEZING RAIN ON ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ AKZ131-222100- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131122T2100Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-131122T2100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 934 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. * LOCATION...BLIZZARD THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...MAINLY FROM VALDEZ THROUGH KEYSTONE CANYON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THOMPSON PASS...BUT RISING TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE THE SNOW WETTER DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT IS EXPECTED TO WANE AS THIS OCCURS WITH IMPROVED VISIBILITY. FREEZING RAIN THROUGH NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LOOKS TO END AS PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL RAIN. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$ AKZ141-230745- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 934 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...SNOW THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. FREEZING RAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE WESTERN COPPER RIVER BASIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...AND THEN DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. FOR AREAS EAST OF GLENNALLEN...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE AREA TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ145-230745- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 934 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * LOCATION...SNOW THROUGHOUT THE SUSITNA VALLEY. FREEZING RAIN MAINLY FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH. * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS MAINLY FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH...WITH THE NORTHERN TO WESTERN VALLEY REMAINING ALL SNOW. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY...WITH ANY AREAS EXPERIENCING FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. * TIMING... * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
045 WWAK41 PAFC 222058 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1158 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 AKZ131-222200- /X.EXP.PAFC.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131122T2100Z/ /X.EXP.PAFC.ZR.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-131122T2100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 1158 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$ AKZ101-230900- /X.EXP.PAFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-131122T2100Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T0900Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 1158 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... ...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATION...THE ANCHORAGE AREA...INCLUDING EAGLE RIVER. * SNOW...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION. * TIMING... SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING... BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH FREEZING RAIN ON ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-231000- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0042.131122T2100Z-131123T1400Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 1158 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ141-230900- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T0900Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 1158 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...SNOW THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. FREEZING RAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH AND EAST OF GLENNALLEN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE WESTERN COPPER RIVER BASIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...AND THEN DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. FOR AREAS EAST OF GLENNALLEN...WARM AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN AND ALLOW PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE AREA TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ145-231000- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-131123T1400Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 1158 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * LOCATION...SNOW THROUGHOUT THE SUSITNA VALLEY. FREEZING RAIN MAINLY FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH. * SNOW...5 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS MAINLY FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH...WITH THE NORTHERN TO WESTERN VALLEY REMAINING ALL SNOW. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY...WITH ANY AREAS EXPERIENCING FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN CAN CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME VERY SLICK. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. * TIMING... * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Nov 20, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Nov 20, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 20, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days | |
| Nov 20, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Nov 20, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Nov 20, 4:04 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFC | 44 hr | |
| Nov 20, 4:24 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFC | 61 hr | |
| Nov 20, 4:24 PM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFC | 35 hr | |
| Nov 21, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Nov 21, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Nov 21, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Nov 21, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Nov 21, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 days | |
| Nov 21, 4:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 21, 1:20 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 15 hr |
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