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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
446 AM AKST FRI FEB 26 2016

AKZ204-270100-
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EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
446 AM AKST FRI FEB 26 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
AKST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

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

* WINDS...EAST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
  LOWEST VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AKZ203-270100-
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CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
446 AM AKST FRI FEB 26 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6
PM AKST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST SATURDAY.

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

* WINDS...EAST 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AND VISIBILITIES WILL WORSEN
  BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

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...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
510 AM AKST THU FEB 25 2016

.DISCUSSION...

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH RIDGING
OVER CANADA AND A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES ROTATING OVER THE INTERIOR
FROM THE SOUTH. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES 10 TO 15 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION
FOR THE INTERIOR. THESE SHORTWAVES WILL ALSO KEEP THE ALASKA RANGE
PASSES WINDY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS WELL.

SURFACE...AN INVERTED TROUGH IS MOVING ACROSS THE WEST COAST AND
BERING STRAIT THIS MORNING. A 967 MB LOW CURRENTLY SOUTHWEST OF
KODIAK WILL TRACK ACROSS THE ALEUTIANS THURSDAY NIGHT AND WEAKEN
TO 971 MB EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
WEST ON FRIDAY.

WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...PRESSURE GRADIENT IS TIGHT
ACROSS THE BERING STRAIT TODAY ALONG WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
FOR ZONE 213. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR ZONE 213.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY FOR
THE BERING STRAIT AND SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BUT WINDY CONDITIONS COULD PERSIST INTO
FRIDAY.

NORTH SLOPE...SOME LOW CEILINGS AND FOG AT TIMES TODAY ACROSS THE
NORTH SLOPE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW FLURRIES...NO
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...CONTINUED WARM THROUGH THE WEEKEND
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN THE USUAL
CHANNELLED AREAS. WIND WARNING FOR ZONE 226 HAS BEEN REDUCED TO AN
ADVISORY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME IN THE AFTERNOON THEN RAMP UP
AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL
SHORTWAVE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

JK FEB 16