Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2015
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Jan 7, 2015, 4:00 PM AKST. It took effect at Jan 8, 2015, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 6 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
- Jan 7, 2015, 4:00 PM AKST (01:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2015, 6:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2015, 11:30 AM AKST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
504 WWAK41 PAFC 080100 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKST WED JAN 7 2015 AKZ131-081430- /O.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0001.150108T1500Z-150109T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 400 PM AKST WED JAN 7 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM AKST THURSDAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM AKST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THOMPSON PASS. * SNOW...6 TO 8 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST WIND 40 TO 55 MPH THURSDAY MORNING DIMINISHING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO FALL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH AND SNOWFALL TAPERS OFF. * 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. && $$ AKZ101-081430- /O.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.150108T1300Z-150108T2100Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 400 PM AKST WED JAN 7 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON AKST THURSDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN TAPERS OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-081430- /O.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.150108T1500Z-150108T2100Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 400 PM AKST WED JAN 7 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON AKST THURSDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...HEAVIEST WEST OF WASILLA. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ121-081430- /O.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.150108T1200Z-150108T2100Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 400 PM AKST WED JAN 7 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON AKST THURSDAY ALONG THE INLET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON AKST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE INLET. * ICE ACCUMULATION...BETWEEN ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF CLAM GULCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST INLET NEAR ANCHOR POINT LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD NORTHWARD THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS BRINGING AN END TO THE FREEZING RAIN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ125-081430- /O.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.150108T1200Z-150108T2100Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 400 PM AKST WED JAN 7 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON AKST THURSDAY FOR INLAND AREAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON AKST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...MAINLY FROM MOOSE PASS NORTH. * ICE ACCUMULATION...BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...GREATEST ACCUMULATION OVER INLAND LOCATIONS. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS LATE TONIGHT BEFORE QUICKLY TRANSITIONING TO RAIN. INTERIOR LOCATIONS WILL SEE A STEADY ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THAT WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ145-081430- /O.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.150108T1500Z-150109T0100Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 400 PM AKST WED JAN 7 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM AKST THURSDAY FROM WILLOW SOUTH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM AKST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...FROM WILLOW SOUTH. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS MAY TRANSITION TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM CLOSE TO FREEZING BY MID AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
4 follow-up statements
659 WWAK41 PAFC 081333 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 433 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 AKZ125-081445- /O.CAN.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 433 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. $$ AKZ131-090100- /O.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0001.150108T1500Z-150109T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 433 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... * LOCATION...THOMPSON PASS. * SNOW...4 TO 6 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO FALL EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH AND SNOWFALL TAPERS OFF. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ101-082100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 433 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS THEN TAPER OFF AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ111-082100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.150108T1500Z-150108T2100Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 433 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-082100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 433 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * LOCATION...NORTH OF CLAM GULCH. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ145-090100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.150108T1500Z-150109T0100Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 433 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF TALKEETNA... * LOCATION...SOUTH OF TALKEETNA. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF AROUND MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
032 WWAK41 PAFC 081802 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 AKZ131-090715- /O.EXB.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T1500Z/ /O.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150109T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...BLIZZARD WARNING THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ZONE. * SNOW...4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS THROUGH THOMPSON PASS...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE TOP OF THE PASS. FOR THE TOWN OF VALDEZ AND ON OUT THROUGH KEYSTONE CANYON FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN. EXPECT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS FOR VALDEZ OUT TO KEYSTONE CANYON. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ101-082100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS THEN TAPER OFF AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ111-082100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ121-082100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ145-090100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T0100Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF TALKEETNA... * LOCATION...SOUTH OF TALKEETNA. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF AROUND MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$
741 WWAK41 PAFC 081802 CCA WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 AKZ131-090715- /O.COR.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T1500Z/ /O.COR.PAFC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150109T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY IN AND NEAR VALDEZ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...BLIZZARD WARNING THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ZONE. * SNOW...4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS THROUGH THOMPSON PASS...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE TOP OF THE PASS. FOR THE TOWN OF VALDEZ AND ON OUT THROUGH KEYSTONE CANYON FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN. EXPECT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS FOR VALDEZ OUT TO KEYSTONE CANYON. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ101-082100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS THEN TAPER OFF AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ111-082100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-082100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ145-090100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T0100Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 902 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF TALKEETNA... * LOCATION...SOUTH OF TALKEETNA. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF AROUND MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
178 WWAK41 PAFC 082030 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1130 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 AKZ131-090930- /O.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150109T0100Z/ /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T1500Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 1130 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED THROUGH THOMPSON PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO PERSIST FROM VALDEZ ON UP THROUGH THOMPSON PASS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PASS MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES IN TOWN ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO FREEZING OR ABOVE FRIDAY MORNING ENDING THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ101-090100- /O.EXT.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T0100Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 1130 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ121-090100- /O.EXT.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T0100Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 1130 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT ALONG KACHEMAK BAY WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE WELL ABOVE FREEZING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AKZ111-082130- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON 1130 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ145-090100- /O.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T0100Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 1130 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$
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 Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Jan 7, 5:29 AM AKST, 10 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 5:29 AM AKST, 10 hours 31 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
529 AM AKST WED JAN 7 2015
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
THE PATTERN REMAINS DOMINATED BY HIGH LATITUDE BLOCKING...WITH THE
MAIN BLOCK OF INTEREST CENTERED OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA AND NORTHWEST
ALASKA. A CLOSED UPPER LOW IS STALLING OUT OVER THE EASTERN BERING
SEA...WITH THE NORTH PACIFIC TROUGH SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH INTO THE
GULF OF ALASKA. AT THE SURFACE...A STRONG 1050 ARCTIC HIGH IS
CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN YUKON. WITH WEAK LOW PRESSURE IN THE
GULF...THIS IS PROMOTING A DECENT OFFSHORE PRESSURE
GRADIENT...WITH THE COLDEST AIR OF THE WINTER ENCOMPASSING MOST OF
SOUTHERN ALASKA. WITH TIME...THE NORTH PACIFIC TROUGH WILL SPREAD
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION INTO SOUTHERN ALASKA HEADING THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. BY LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK...THE STAGE IS
SETTING FOR ANOTHER SERIES OF CHINOOK WARMING EVENTS ACROSS
SOUTHERN ALASKA AS A LARGE ALEUTIAN LOW ONCE AGAIN PARKS ITSELF
OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS.
&&
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS SOUTHERN ALASKA TRANSITIONS INTO
ANOTHER ACTIVE PATTERN. AS USUAL...THE DETAILS OF SMALLER SCALE
FEATURES BECOMES LESS CERTAIN MUCH EARLIER. THE LARGEST
DISCREPANCY EARLY ON IS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
SECONDARY LOW SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY. THE GFS...NAM...AND GFS PARALLEL ALL DEVELOP THIS LOW
WHILE THE ECMWF FAVORS A SINGLE LOW OVER THE EASTERN BERING. FOR
THIS FORECAST...THE ECMWF WS FAVORED IN THE SHORT TERM...WITH THE
GFS AND ECMWF FAVORED IN THE MID TERM TOWARD DAY 3 AND 4.
THEREAFTER A WPC BLEND WAS FAVORED AS THE PATTERN BECOMES QUITE A
BIT MORE ACTIVE.
&&
.SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN ALASKA WILL GIVE WAY TO AN APPROACHING
FRONT ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS
THE CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN. SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONFINE MOST
OF THE PRECIPITATION TO THE COASTAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN
KENAI PENINSULA. THE INLAND VALLEYS OF THE EASTERN KENAI HAVE THE
BEST CHANCE OF SEEING SOME FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY BEFORE
CHANGING OVER TO RAIN BY THE EVENING. INLAND AREAS ALONG COOK
INLET FROM CLAM GULCH NORTH THROUGH ANCHORAGE INTO THE
MATANUSKA/SUSITNA VALLEYS WILL HAVE FAIRLY LOW POPS...BUT ANY
PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WILL LIKELY BE OF THE FREEZING VARIETY.
&&
.SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHWEST ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)...
WARM AIR FLOWING OVER TRAPPED COLD AIR WILL RESULT IN A MIX OF
SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN AS THE COLD AIR IS ERODED OVER THE
BRISTOL BAY ZONE. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH OTHER AREAS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF KING SALMON...RECEIVING
MEASURABLE SNOWFALL. SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL REACH AS FAR NORTH AS
BETHEL LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHILE THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM WILL
HAVE LIMITED AMOUNTS OF SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM FORECAST BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS (DAYS 1 AND 2)...
RAIN AND SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AKPEN AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH SNOW FOR THE PRIBILOFS. OTHERWISE THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE CHAIN WILL BE GENERALLY DRY EXCEPT FOR THE
OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWER ON NORTH FLOW.
&&
.LONG TERM FORECAST (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
LATE IN THE WORK WEEK...A LONG WAVE TROUGH STRETCHING FROM THE
EASTERN BERING INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL SLOWLY SLIDE NORTHWARD
ONTO THE MAINLAND...ALLOWING RIDGING CURRENTLY ENTRENCHED OVER
THE AREA TO RETREAT INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY. AFTERWARDS...ALL THE
MODELS ARE IN GOOD SYNOPTIC AGREEMENT WITH A LARGE LOW COMPLEX
REMAINING IN PLACE FROM THE BERING AND GULF WITH THE BLOCKING
RIDGE PERSISTENT OVER WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. ONCE THIS PATTERN
SETS UP THIS WEEKEND...THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE OF IT BREAKING DOWN
THROUGH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS GENERAL TREND WILL
BRING TROUGHS AND FRONTS ROTATING UP TOWARDS THE GULF...WTIH A
CONTINUED STORMY WEATHER AND GENERALLY WARMING TEMPERATURES.
HOWEVER THE SPECIFIC TIMING OF THESE INDIVIDUAL FEATURES WILL BE
DIFFICULT TO TRACK BEYOND THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE FORECAST.
&&
.AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY 161.
MARINE...GALE 119 120 127 130 131 132 136 137 138 139 150 160 180
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY 180 181 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS AND MODEL DISCUSSION...JA
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...BL
SOUTHWEST ALASKA/BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...DS
LONG TERM...DEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:02 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:15 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:52 PM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 7, 4:00 PM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 7, 11:51 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 16 hr | |
| Jan 8, 3:14 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 8, 3:18 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 8, 3:18 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 8, 7:15 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 8 hr | |
| Jan 8, 7:15 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC |
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Sources
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