Blizzard Warning 23, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK41 PAFG 141750
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
950 AM AKDT TUE MAY 14 2013

CORRECTED ZONE 205

AKZ203-141900-
/X.EXP.PAFG.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130514T1800Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
950 AM AKDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM AKDT THIS MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM AKDT THIS MORNING. 

WINDS ARE NOW DECREASING AND VISIBILITY IS STARTING TO IMPROVE.


$$

AKZ204-150000-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130515T0000Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
950 AM AKDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

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

* WINDS...WEST 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...SNOW HAS NOW ENDED BUT BLOWING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
  CONTINUE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE THEN.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

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079 
WWAK41 PAFG 142232
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
232 PM AKDT TUE MAY 14 2013

AKZ204-142345-
/X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130515T0000Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
232 PM AKDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
407 AM AKDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.DISCUSSION...
TIGHT UPPER LOW WITH VERTICALLY STACKED 994 MB SURFACE
LOW IS NOW CENTERED ABOUT 150 MILES NORTH OF DEADHORSE. BY 4 PM
TUESDAY...THE SURFACE AND UPPER LOWS WILL BE CENTERED ABOUT 500
MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY...WITH THE SURFACE LOW DEEPENING
TO AROUND 990 MB. THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW CENTERS WILL THEN
TRACK NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC. ANOTHER UPPER LOW
CENTERED ABOUT 550 MILES NORTH OF BARROW WILL MOVE ON A CYCLONIC
PATH TO THE CHUKCHI SEA BY 4 AM THURSDAY WHILE STRENGTHENING. A
WEAK 1004 MB SURFACE LOW CENTERED ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF WRANGEL
ISLAND WILL MOVE TO THE CHUKCHI SEA BY 4 PM WEDNESDAY...DEEPENING
TO AROUND 990 MB AS THE UPPER LOW OVERTAKES IT.

WINDS IN ZONES 205 AND 206 ARE DIMINISHING. WINDS IN ZONE
203 AND 204 ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DECREASING LATE THIS
MORNING AS THE SURFACE LOW RECEDES INTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO END IN ZONES 203 BY
LATE THIS MORNING AND IN ZONE 204 BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED AREAS OF SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN ZONE
201...WHILE ZONE 205 WILL SEE FLURRIES OR SCATTERED AREAS OF
SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS.

IN ZONE 226...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED
TODAY...SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW EXPECTED.
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL SLOW DOWN MELTING OF THE SNOW PACK.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING...AKZ203-AKZ224-AKZ226.
BLIZZARD WARNING...AKZ204.
GALE WARNING...PKZ245.
BRISK WIND ADVISORY...PKZ235-PKZ240.

&&

RF MAY 13