Blizzard Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK

884 
WWAK41 PAFG 072256
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
156 PM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015

AKZ204-080700-
/O.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150208T2100Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
156 PM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SUNDAY. 

* VISIBILITY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR 
  ZERO AT TIMES. 

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* WIND CHILL...TO 50 BELOW.

* SNOW...UP TO 1 INCH ACCUMULATION.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 
  SUNDAY MORNING. SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS BEGIN AS WINDS BEGIN TO DECREASE. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE 
  TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. EXPOSED FLESH WILL 
  FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

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.

&&

$$

AKZ206-080700-
/O.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0223.000000T0000Z-150208T2100Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
156 PM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SUNDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL IS
NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SUNDAY. 

* LOCATION...THROUGH BROOKS RANGE PASSES.

* BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT 
  TIMES. 

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AND
  LOW WIND CHILL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE 
  TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. EXPOSED FLESH WILL 
  FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ203-080700-
/O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0223.000000T0000Z-150208T1500Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
156 PM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
SUNDAY EAST OF NUIQSUT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

* BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT 
  TIMES. 

* WIND CHILL...TO 50 BELOW.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SOME THIS AFTERNOON. REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING 
  IN FROSTBITE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

336 
WWAK41 PAFG 080412
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
712 PM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015

AKZ204-081500-
/O.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150208T2100Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
712 PM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SUNDAY. 

* VISIBILITY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR 
  ZERO AT TIMES. 

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* WIND CHILL...TO 50 BELOW.

* SNOW...UP TO 1 INCH ACCUMULATION.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 
  SUNDAY MORNING. SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS BEGIN AS WINDS BEGIN TO DECREASE. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE 
  TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. EXPOSED FLESH WILL 
  FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ203-081500-
/O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0223.000000T0000Z-150208T1500Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
712 PM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
SUNDAY EAST OF NUIQSUT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

* BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT 
  TIMES. 

* WIND CHILL...TO 50 BELOW.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SOME THIS AFTERNOON. REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING 
  IN FROSTBITE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ206-081500-
/O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0223.000000T0000Z-150208T2100Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
712 PM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SUNDAY. 

* LOCATION...THROUGH BROOKS RANGE PASSES.

* BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT 
  TIMES. 

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...
  AND LOW WIND CHILL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. 
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS 
  DECREASE. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE 
  TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. EXPOSED FLESH WILL 
  FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

026 
WWAK41 PAFG 081049
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
149 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

AKZ203-081200-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0223.000000T0000Z-150208T1500Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
149 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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


$$

AKZ206-081200-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0223.000000T0000Z-150208T2100Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
149 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

AKZ204-082100-
/O.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150208T2100Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
149 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. 

* VISIBILITY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR 
  ZERO AT TIMES. 

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* WIND CHILL...TO 50 BELOW.

* SNOW...UP TO 1 INCH ACCUMULATION.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
  SUNDAY MORNING. SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON AS WINDS BEGIN TO DECREASE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE 
  TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. EXPOSED FLESH WILL 
  FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

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.

&&

$$

630 
WWAK41 PAFG 081520
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
620 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

AKZ204-082100-
/O.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150208T2100Z/
/O.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0224.150208T1520Z-150208T2100Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
620 AM AKST SUN FEB 8 2015

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

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

* BLOWING SNOW...VISIBILITY REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT
  TIMES.

* WIND...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH. 

* TIMING...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY ON ONE
  HALF MILE AT TIMES THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
  AS WINDS DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE 
  TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. EXPOSED FLESH WILL 
  FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 


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
457 AM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE THE SHORT
TERM AS WELL AS THE MID TERM AND LONG TERM. A BLEND OF INHERITED
FORECAST AND THE GFS PROVIDED THE BASE FOR CURRENT FORECASTPACKAGE.

ALOFT...AT 500 HPA A 552 DAM BLOCKING RIDGE OVER THE GULF OF
ANADYR WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE WEST AN 493 DAM LOW
OVER THE YUKON CONTINUES TO DIG SOUTH AND WEST TO BE OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA SUNDAY MORNING AND OVER KODIAK ISLAND
MONDAY MORNING. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SLIPS SOUTH AND WEST INTO
THE GULF THE WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL PUSH NORTHWARD INTO THE
INTERIOR.

MODELS VERIFIED WELL AGAINST THE 12Z SOUNDING 850 TEMPERATURE
WITH AROUND MINUS 23.5 OBSERVED AND IN THE MODEL FORECAST
SOUNDINGS. FORECASTED 850 TEMPERATURES FOR FAIRBANKS BOTTOM OUT
AROUND 25 BELOW THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE A SLOW
RECOVERY IS NOTED BEGINNING MONDAY. MONDAY MORNING 850
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER BACK TO AROUND 18 BELOW AND
AROUND 15 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING. CLOUDS MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER KODIAK ISLAND WILL HELP TO WARM
TEMPERATURES OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR TO NEAR NORMAL
BY MID WEEK. MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST BY THE END OF
THE WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS BACK NORTH OVER THE
WESTERN CANADA AND PUSHES WARM AIR ALOFT INTO THE YUKON AND
SOUTHEAST INTERIOR.

COLD AIRMASS CONTINUES TO POOR INTO THE INTERIOR WITH MANY
LOCATIONS IN THE 40S BELOW AND A FEW IN THE 50S BELOW. WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR THE NORTHEAST INTERIOR AS WINDS
OVER SUMMITS AND THROUGH THE PASSES COMBINED WITH LOW TEMPERATURES
ARE PRODUCING ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILLS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES
IN BLOWING SNOW. WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE SUMMITS IN ZONES 222 AND
221 FOR POTENTIAL HEADLINES FOR WINDCHILL IF WINDS DEVELOP
STRONGER THAN EXPECTED.

ANOTHER FRONT IS RACING EAST OVER THE NORTH SLOPE BUT WEAKENING AS
IT MOVES. WIND OVER THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE AND BROOKS RANGE ARE
COMBINING WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND
CHILLS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN
ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. EXPECT THE CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE SUNDAY
MORNING AS WINDS DIMINISH.

ON THE WEST COAST PERSISTENT WINDS COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES
FROM THE BERING STRAIT AND NORTH ARE PRODUCING ADVISORY LEVEL WIND
CHILLS. EXPECT SOME IMPROVEMENT TODAY AS TEMPERATURES RISE HOWEVER
AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS REMAIN STRONG TONIGHT...WIND
CHILLS WILL AGAIN DROP TO ADVISORY LEVELS.

ON THE SURFACE COLD TEMPERATURES IN INTERIOR VALLEYS AND BASINS WILL
PROVE DIFFICULT TO EXPEL THIS WEEK WITH ONLY WEAK FLOW NOTED
THROUGH THE MID TERM...HOWEVER FEBRUARY DIURNAL TRENDS OF 15 TO 20
DEGREES SHOULD HELP WEAKEN INTERIOR INVERSIONS DURING THE
DAY...OVERNIGHT INVERSIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRONG AS WARM AIR
BUILDS IN ALOFT BY MID WEEK.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ213.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206-AKZ218-AKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ245.
&&

CCC FEB 15