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Blizzard Warning 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 5, 2013

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 5, 2013, 11:35 AM AKST. It was in force for 17 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
Mar 5, 2013, 11:35 AM AKST (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2013, 4:25 AM AKST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

062 
WWAK41 PAFG 052035
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1135 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

AKZ202-060445-
/X.UPG.PAFG.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-130307T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.130305T2035Z-130308T0200Z/
NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK
1135 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

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

* WINDS...EAST INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE
  INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ203-060445-
/X.UPG.PAFG.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-130307T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.130305T2035Z-130308T0200Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
1135 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

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

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ201-060445-
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.130305T2035Z-130307T0600Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
1135 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. 

* LOCATION...POINT LAY EAST.

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

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE
  INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ204-060445-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-130307T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
1135 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. 

* VISIBILITY...AROUND ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL 
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
628 
WWAK41 PAFG 052043 CCA
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1142 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

CORRECTED ZONE 201

AKZ202-060500-
/X.UPG.PAFG.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-130307T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.130305T2042Z-130308T0200Z/
NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK
1142 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

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

* WINDS...EAST INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE
  INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ203-060500-
/X.UPG.PAFG.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-130307T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.130305T2042Z-130308T0200Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
1142 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

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

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ201-060500-
/X.COR.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.130305T2042Z-130307T0600Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
1142 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

CORRECTED TIMING

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. 

* LOCATION...POINT LAY EAST.

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

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE
  INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ204-060500-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-130307T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
1142 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. 

* VISIBILITY...AROUND ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL 
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
596 
WWAK41 PAFG 052342
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
242 PM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

AKZ201-061500-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130307T0600Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
242 PM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATION...POINT LAY EAST.

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

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING THE
  EVENT.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE 
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ202-061500-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130308T0200Z/
NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK
242 PM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY. 

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

* WINDS...EAST INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING THE
  EVENT.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE 
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ203-061500-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130308T0200Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
242 PM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY. 

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

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING THE
  EVENT.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ204-061500-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-130307T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
242 PM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. 

* VISIBILITY...AROUND ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING THE
  EVENT.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
563 
WWAK41 PAFG 060430
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
730 PM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

AKZ202-203-060530-
/X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130308T0200Z/
NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK...NUIQSUT...
PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
730 PM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED AND WILL LIKELY STAY ABOVE A MILE.
WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME TUE NIGHT AND BEGIN TO
DIMINISH MORE ON WED AFTERNOON.

$$

AKZ201-061500-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130307T0600Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
730 PM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATION...POINT LAY EAST.

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

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING THE
  EVENT.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE 
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ204-061500-
/X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-130307T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
730 PM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. 

* VISIBILITY...AROUND ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING THE 
  EVENT. 

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL 
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
767 
WWAK41 PAFG 061325
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
425 AM AKST WED MAR 6 2013

AKZ201-062100-
/X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130307T0600Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0043.130306T1325Z-130306T2100Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
425 AM AKST WED MAR 6 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 
NOON AKST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* LOCATION...POINT LAY EAST.

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE
  HALF MILE AT TIMES THIS MORNING.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH NOON TODAY. WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME
  IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ204-061430-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-130307T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
425 AM AKST WED MAR 6 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.


$$

AKZ203-062100-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0043.130306T1500Z-130307T1500Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
425 AM AKST WED MAR 6 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 AM AKST THURSDAY. 

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE
  HALF MILE AT TIMES THIS MORNING.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH NOON TODAY. WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME
  IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Mar 5, 5:26 AM AKST, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 5:26 AM AKST, 6 hours 9 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
526 AM AKST TUE MAR 5 2013

.DISCUSSION...
ALOFT...STRONG RIDGE OVER EASTERN ALASKA WITH LONG WAVE TROUGH
OVER EASTERN RUSSIA AND THE WESTERN BERING SEA...RESULTING IN
SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA. THROUGH THE WEEK THE
LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL DRIFT EAST AS SHORT WAVES MOVE THROUGH IT
AND EVENTUALLY THE RIDGE WILL BE OVER CANADA...THUS SETTING UP
SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER ALL OF MAINLAND ALASKA BY EARLY FRI. CURRENTLY
A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH FROM THE PRIBILOFS TO COLD BAY WILL
MOVE TO THE BERING STRAIT TO FAIRBANKS 3PM WED...AND TO THE ARCTIC
COAST 9AM THU WHILE A SMALL LOW MOVES FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC TO
BRISTOL BAY AT THAT TIME.

SURFACE...977 MB LOW OVER THE FAR WEST BERING SEA WILL DRIFT NORTH
AND WEAKEN. ASSOCIATED OCCLUSION FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND TO
EMMONAK TO WESTERN BRISTOL BAY WILL DRIFT NORTH TUE AND DISSIPATE
WHILE A WEAK LOW ON THE OCCLUSION MOVES TO NOME 3AM WED AND THEN
NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AT NOON WED. THE OCCLUSION
WILL MOVE INLAND DURING THIS TIME TO KIVALINA TO GALENA TO BETHEL
WITH COOLER AIR TO THE WEST OF IT. STRONG HIGH PERSISTING IN THE
HIGH ARCTIC WHILE WEAKENING OVER WESTERN CANADA THROUGH THU.
STRONG WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH TO BETHEL TO THE ALASKA RANGE
CREST 3AM THU.

MODELS...THERE IS FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE MODELS THROUGH THU
ON THE BASIC FEATURES ALOFT AND SURFACE AS WELL AS THEIR
MOVEMENTS. IN THE MEDIUM RANGE THE ECMWF AND GFS PART WAYS
BEGINNING SAT AS THE GFS BRINGS A STRONG RIDGE NORTHEAST OVER
ALASKA WHILE THE ECMWF IS SLOWER.

NORTH SLOPE...EXPECT INCREASE IN WINDS TODAY OVER EASTERN COAST
WHILE NEAR BARROW WINDS WILL STAY ABOUT THE SAME. WINDS WILL THEN
PERSIST FOR A FEW DAYS SO WILL CONTINUE THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES. IF WINDS GET STRONG ENOUGH CONDITIONS MAY REACH
BLIZZARD CRITERIA...PERHAPS WITH THE PROSPECT OF FRESH SNOW
WED NIGHT AND THU WITH THE WEAKENING SHORT WAVE TROUGH.

WESTERN ALASKA...POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AMOUNTS HIGH ENOUGH TO MEET
WARNING CRITERIA WILL LIKELY FAVOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND UPSLOPE
AREA OF THE NULATO HILLS. FARTHER NORTH AND WEST THE SNOW AMOUNTS
COULD END UP LOWER...BUT AS EVENT IS JUST IN ITS BEGINNING WILL
MAINTAIN WARNINGS FOR NOW. SNOW SPREADING NORTH TODAY AND
NORTHEAST TONIGHT...LINGERING INTO WED WITH LESSER AMOUNTS AFTER
THIS EVENING. WHILE TEMPERATURES WARM OR WARMING TODAY AHEAD OF
THE OCCLUSION...WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AND THEN COOLING WITH
SNOW SHOWERS ON WED BEHIND THE OCCLUSION AS IT MOVES INLAND.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...SNOW FROM THE OCCLUSION MAINLY
EXPECTD FOR ZONE 221 WED WITH 1 INCH ACCUMULATION...AND A CHANCE
OF SNOW FOR ZONE 219 WED PM. REST OF AREA SHOULD STAY DRY. SOUTH
WINDS INCREASING NEAR ALASKA RANGE THU AS CHINOOK FLOW SETS UP
AS RIDGE SHIFTS EAST INTO CANADA...PROVIDING WARMER TEMPS FOR
MUCH OF THE AREA.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ215-AKZ216.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ213.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.

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

JL MAR 13

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 8:40 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFG32 hr
Mar 5, 3:34 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG22 hr
Mar 5, 10:24 AM AKSTBlizzard WarningAFG8 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2013Every blizzard warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.