Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 28, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Nov 21, 2013, 2:56 PM AKST. It took effect at Nov 21, 2013, 8:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 18 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 21, 2013, 2:56 PM AKST (23:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 21, 2013, 8:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2013, 1:59 PM AKST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
272 WWAK43 PAFG 212356 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 256 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 AKZ225-220800- /X.UPG.PAFG.WS.A.0017.131122T0500Z-131123T1800Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.131122T0500Z-131123T1800Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 256 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST SATURDAY NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...HEAVY SNOW SOUTH OF CARLO CREEK AND NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL BE IN PASSES NORTH OF CARLO CREEK. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE FRIDAY BUT THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ AKZ226-220800- /X.UPG.PAFG.WS.A.0017.131122T0500Z-131123T1800Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.131122T0500Z-131123T1800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 256 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST SATURDAY NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ223-220600- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-131122T0600Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 256 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...40 TO 50 BELOW. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WIND CHILL WILL ABATE AS TEMPERATURES RISE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ219-220800- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 256 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TOWARD FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ220-220800- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 256 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW DEVELOPING EARLY FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ221-220800- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 256 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW DEVELOPING EARLY FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ222-220800- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T0000Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 256 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST FRIDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST FRIDAY. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THROUGH THE EVENING AND PERSISTING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ224-220800- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-131122T1300Z/ UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY- INCLUDING...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...ALCAN... CHICKEN...BOUNDARY 256 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST FRIDAY. * WINDS CHILLS...TO 55 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...WIND CHILL WILL ABATE AS TEMPERATURES RISE TOWARD MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
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834 WWAK43 PAFG 220518 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 818 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 AKZ225-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 818 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...HEAVY SNOW SOUTH OF CARLO CREEK AND NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL BE IN PASSES NORTH OF CARLO CREEK. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE FRIDAY BUT THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ AKZ226-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 818 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ218-221330- /X.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.131122T1500Z-131123T1500Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 818 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. * SNOW...STORM TOTAL 5 INCHES. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL END FRIDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ219-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 818 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...STRONG WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SUMMITS. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR IN ALL AREAS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ220-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 818 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...STRONG WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SUMMITS. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR IN ALL AREAS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ221-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 818 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...3 TO 5 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER SUMMITS. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ222-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T0000Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 818 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST FRIDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS OVER SUMMITS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL WILL DECREASE OVER SUMMITS FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT OVER SUMMITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ223-220630- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-131122T0600Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 818 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL WARM ABOVE 40 BELOW THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES RISE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW OBJECTS AROUND AND BLOW SNOW INTO DRIFTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ224-221300- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-131122T1300Z/ UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY- INCLUDING...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...ALCAN... CHICKEN...BOUNDARY 818 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE YUKON RIVER. * WINDS CHILLS...TO 50 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...WIND CHILL WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
971 WWAK43 PAFG 220523 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 823 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 AKZ225-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 823 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...HEAVY SNOW SOUTH OF CARLO CREEK AND NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL BE IN PASSES NORTH OF CARLO CREEK. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE FRIDAY BUT THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ226-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 823 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...HEAVY SNOW SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP AND NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL BE NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ AKZ219-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 823 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...STRONG WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SUMMITS. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR IN ALL AREAS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ218-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.131122T1500Z-131123T1500Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 823 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. * SNOW...STORM TOTAL 5 INCHES. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL END FRIDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ220-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 823 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...STRONG WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SUMMITS. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR IN ALL AREAS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ221-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 823 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...3 TO 5 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER SUMMITS. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ222-221330- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T0000Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 823 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST FRIDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS OVER SUMMITS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL WILL DECREASE OVER SUMMITS FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT OVER SUMMITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ223-220630- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-131122T0600Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 823 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL WARM ABOVE 40 BELOW THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES RISE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW OBJECTS AROUND AND BLOW SNOW INTO DRIFTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ224-221300- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-131122T1300Z/ UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY- INCLUDING...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...ALCAN... CHICKEN...BOUNDARY 823 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST FRIDAY ALONG THE YUKON RIVER... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE YUKON RIVER. * WINDS CHILLS...TO 50 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...WIND CHILL WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
540 WWAK43 PAFG 220550 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 850 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 AKZ225-221400- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 850 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANG... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...HEAVY SNOW SOUTH OF CARLO CREEK AND NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL BE IN PASSES NORTH OF CARLO CREEK. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE FRIDAY BUT THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ AKZ226-221400- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 850 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...HEAVY SNOW SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP AND NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL BE NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ223-221400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-131122T1400Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 850 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL WARM ABOVE 40 BELOW LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW OBJECTS AROUND AND BLOW SNOW INTO DRIFTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ219-221400- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 850 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...STRONG WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SUMMITS. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR IN ALL AREAS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ218-221400- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.131122T1500Z-131123T1500Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 850 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. * SNOW...STORM TOTAL 5 INCHES. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL END FRIDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ220-221400- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 850 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...STRONG WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SUMMITS. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR IN ALL AREAS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ221-221400- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 850 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...3 TO 5 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER SUMMITS. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ222-221400- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T0000Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 850 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST FRIDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS OVER SUMMITS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL WILL DECREASE OVER SUMMITS FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT OVER SUMMITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ224-221300- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-131122T1300Z/ UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY- INCLUDING...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...ALCAN... CHICKEN...BOUNDARY 850 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST FRIDAY ALONG THE YUKON RIVER... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE YUKON RIVER. * WINDS CHILLS...TO 50 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...WIND CHILL WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
066 WWAK43 PAFG 221224 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 324 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 AKZ224-221330- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-131122T1300Z/ UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY- INCLUDING...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...ALCAN... CHICKEN...BOUNDARY 324 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ AKZ223-221330- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-131122T1400Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 324 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ AKZ225-230100- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 324 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...HEAVY SNOW SOUTH OF CARLO CREEK AND NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL BE IN PASSES NORTH OF CARLO CREEK. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST SOUTH OF CARLO CREEK * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH EVENING BUT THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ226-230100- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 324 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...HEAVY SNOW SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP AND NEAR THE CREST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL BE NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH EVENING BUT THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ AKZ218-230100- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.131122T1500Z-131123T1500Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 324 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. * SNOW...STORM TOTAL 5 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST TONIGHT. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ219-230100- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 324 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...STRONG WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SUMMITS. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR IN ALL AREAS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THUS THE BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL ALSO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ220-230100- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 324 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...STRONG WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SUMMITS. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR IN ALL AREAS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THUS THE BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL ALSO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ221-230100- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 324 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...3 TO 5 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER SUMMITS. * TIMING...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THUS THE BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL ALSO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ222-230000- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T0000Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 324 AM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THUS THE BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL ALSO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT OVER SUMMITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
868 WWAK43 PAFG 222259 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 159 PM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 AKZ225-226-230000- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 159 PM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ AKZ222-230000- /X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T0000Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 159 PM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ AKZ218-231400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 159 PM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. * SNOW...STORM TOTAL 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...MAINLY EAST OF ARCTIC VILLAGE AND OVER SUMMITS. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ219-231400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1800Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 159 PM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH...MAINLY OVER SUMMITS. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS...MAINLY OVER SUMMITS. * SNOW...4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH WINDS DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ220-231300- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 159 PM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY OVER SUMMITS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * WINDS...EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...3 TO 5 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ221-231300- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-131123T1300Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 159 PM AKST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKST SATURDAY. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH...OVER SUMMITS. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS...MAINLY OVER SUMMITS. * SNOW...3 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
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 Nov 21, 2:40 PM AKST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 21, 2:40 PM AKST, 16 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 240 PM AKST THU NOV 21 2013 .DISCUSSION... MODELS...BIG PICTURE REMAINS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE MODELS. BUT THE DETAILS AS YOU GET TO THE SURFACE ARE CONFUSED AT BEST. NAM HAS A 12Z POP OF 68 PERCENT WHILE THE GFS AT THE SAME TIME HAS A 1 PERCENT POP. NAM HAS A HIGH FRIDAY OF 30 ABOVE...WHILE THE GFS HAS A HIGH OF 4 ABOVE. WINDS IN THE MODELS ARE ALSO CONFUSING AS GFS HAS STRONGER WINDS WITH THE COLDER TEMPERATURES. LEANED ON THE NAM YESTERDAY SO WILL DO THE SAME TODAY FOR THE DETAILS IN THE SHORT TERM. FOR THE MID AND EXTENDED PERIODS MODELS CONTINUE TO BE PRETTY DIVERGENT IN SOLUTIONS SO THE WPC APPROACH WITH USE OF THE ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN SEEMS THE BEST APPROACH AT THIS TIME. ALOFT...AT 500 HPA...528 DAM HIGH CENTER OVER POINT HOPE WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE TONIGHT. A 507 DAM CLOSED LOW OVER NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL STRENGTHEN TO 498 DAM OVER CAPE NEWENHAM BY FRI MORNING THEN DRIFT NORTHEAST OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA BY SAT MORNING AS IT WEAKENS TO 503 DAM...THEN MOVES TO OVER BARTER ISLAND AS IT WEAKENS TO 515 DAM BY SUN MORNING. A BRANCH OF THE RIDGE IN THE PACIFIC IS BUILDING OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA NOW AND WILL BUILD NORTH THROUGH FRI MORNING AS IT ROTATES INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY...THEN IS SLOWLY PUSHED TO THE EAST AS THE LOW OUT WEST PUSHES UP THE BACK SIDE OF IT. A RIDGE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE THE LOW OVER THE MAINLAND WHILE A BROAD AREA OF LOWER HEIGHT DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA. SURFACE...RIDGING OVER THE NORTHEAST INTERIOR WILL BE PUSHED OUT TODAY AS THE FRONT MOVES TO THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON PUSHING NORTH ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE IN OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR BY FRI MORNING. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE TO THE NORTHWEST AND EXTEND FROM THE LOWER YUKON DELTA TO MACKENZIE BAY BY LATE FRI NIGHT. STILL EXPECT THE HIGHEST QPF VALUES WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR AND THE ALASKA RANGE THROUGH MID DAY TOMORROW AND THEN OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR ZONES NEAR THE BROOKS RANGE...THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ON THE NAM WHICH WILL BE THE MODEL OF CHOICE AGAIN TODAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA IN THE LEE OF THE LOW AND PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ARCTIC COAST...MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH THE NIGHT...THEN WINDS PICK UP ALONG THE EASTERN COAST AND WITH THAT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EAST OF BARROW. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME SO WILL ISSUE BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR ZONES 203 AND 204 THAT WILL LAST INTO SAT MORNING. NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA INTO SAT. WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...INCREASING CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA WITH SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. HIGH SNOW AMOUNTS STILL EXPECTED IN THE MIDDLE YUKON VALLEY MAY CREEP INTO THE EASTERN NULATO HILLS. STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MAKE IT INTO THE ALASKA RANGE WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH NEAR THE RANGE. MODELS DO SHOW SOME POTENTIAL FOR A LOW LEVEL JET ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING SO EXPECT SOME GUSTY WINDS IN ZONES 214...215...227 THIS EVENING...THEN IN THE MIDDLE YUKON VALLEY OVERNIGHT AS THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE RISE TODAY WITH NOT MUCH DIURNAL SWING TONIGHT AS WARM AIR ADVECTION CONTINUES. INTERIOR...TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE AS LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT PUSH NORTH TO THE ALASKA RANGE TONIGHT. WITH GAP WINDS DEVELOPING THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE TEMPERATURES WILL JUMP 40 TO 60 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS WITH HIGHS REACHING THE TEENS IN SOME AREAS FRI AFTERNOON. EXPECT A SHOT OF SNOW OVER THE INTERIOR IN THE MORNING WITH HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT IN THE ALASKA RANGE. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTH HEAVY SNOW MAY BE A PROBLEM IN THE ZONES ALONG THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE BROOKS RANGE...ESPECIALLY AROUND COLDFOOT AND WISEMAN. WINDS STILL ON SCHEDULE TO CREATE ISSUES AROUND IN THE INTERIOR AS THEY COME UP OVER THE HILLS TONIGHT AND WORK INTO THE VALLEYS TOMORROW. TANANA VALLEY JET IS IN FULL VOICE TODAY AS WINDS AROUND DELTA ARE GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH...THEY WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH AT LEAST MID DAY FRIDAY. && COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ203-AKZ204. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ215-AKZ216. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ224. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. && SDB NOV 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 3:02 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Nov 20, 7:53 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 26 hr | |
| Nov 20, 8:53 PM AKST | High Surf Advisory | AFG | 54 hr | |
| Nov 21, 3:07 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Nov 21, 3:07 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Nov 21, 4:47 AM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Nov 21, 2:17 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Nov 21, 2:17 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Nov 21, 2:21 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Nov 21, 2:30 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 36 hr |
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