Blizzard Watch 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
117 PM AKST WED NOV 19 2014

AKZ203-200615-
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CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
117 PM AKST WED NOV 19 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST
THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW IN BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...EAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* SNOW...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND 
  CONTINUE THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN BEGIN
  TO IMPROVE BY THURSDAY EVENING.

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

&&

$$

AKZ204-200615-
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/O.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0015.141120T0300Z-141121T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
117 PM AKST WED NOV 19 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST
THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW IN BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  45 MPH.

* SNOW...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND 
  CONTINUE THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN BEGIN
  TO IMPROVE BY THURSDAY EVENING.

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

&&

$$

AKZ202-200615-
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NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK
117 PM AKST WED NOV 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST
THURSDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM AKST THURSDAY.

* BLOWING SNOW...SNOW AND EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE
  BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...WINDS AND SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE ON THURSDAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
516 PM AKST TUE NOV 18 2014

.DISCUSSION...
THE PATTERN CHANGE IS WELL UNDERWAY ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA. THE
PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING NORTH THROUGH WESTERN
CANADA TO ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN AS A SERIES OF
TROUGHS MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE STATE THIS WEEK. THIS WILL BRING
CLOUDS AND OCCASIONAL PRECIPITATION TO THE FORECAST
AREA...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT THROUGH THE
WEEK. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY COOL TO MORE NORMAL
LEVELS BY THE WEEKEND.

AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE NEAR KODIAK ISLAND WILL ROTATE
NORTHWEST TO NORTON SOUND THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED
WEATHER FRONT WITH THIS LOW WILL SWING NORTH AND WEST ACROSS THE
THE STATE TONIGHT...AND EXTEND FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND
NORTHEAST TO THE BROOKS RANGE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT
WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH AND DISSIPATE OVER THE ARCTIC COAST
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS MUCH THE
SOUTHERN INTERIOR WEST COAST SOUTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE GRADIENT AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY AS
THE FRONT MOVES INLAND AND WEAKENS. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO BRING A
MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TO SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE FORECAST AREA
TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. NORTHERN AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN COLD
ENOUGH ALOFT TO SUPPORT ONLY SNOWFALL.

NORTH SLOPE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS A WEAK SURFACE
TROUGH OVER THE ARCTIC COAST DRIFTS INLAND. MUCH STRONGER
EASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A
SURFACE HIGH IN THE ARCTIC SHIFTS SOUTH AND TIGHTENS
THE GRADIENT ACROSS THE COAST...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN ARCTIC.
THIS COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL FROM THE APPROACHING FRONT MAY RESULT
IN LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

WESTERN ALASKA...A WINTRY MIX OF WEATHER TONIGHT AND INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS FROM SEWARD PENINSULA SOUTHWARD.
PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MIXED WITH
SNOW WITH THE BEST OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION FROM THE LOWER YUKON RIVER VALLEY TO THE KUSKOKWIM
VALLEY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW TO THE NORTH WITH A FEW
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THE BROOKS RANGE ON WEDNESDAY.

INTERIOR...THE QUESTION OF THE DAY IS WHETHER FREEZING RAIN WILL
FALL IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING
ALOFT AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE TANANA VALLEY TONIGHT...BUT
CHINOOK FLOW ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE AND DRY AIR AT LOW LEVELS
SHOULD PREVENT ANYTHING MORE THAN A SPRINKLE OR FLURRY FROM
HITTING THE GROUND. TO THE NORTH OF FAIRBANKS...ANY PRECIPITATION
THAT FALLS IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. EAST WINDS
GUSTING OVER 50 MPH IN THE DELTA JUNCTION AREA WILL GIVE AWAY TO
ADVISORY LEVEL CHINOOK WINDS IN THE ALASKA RANGE THIS EVENING.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ226.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ227.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ220-PKZ230.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ245.
&&

NOV 14