Alert archive / Alaska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Jan 5, 2016, 12:59 PM AKST. It took effect at Jan 5, 2016, 6:00 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
- Jan 5, 2016, 12:59 PM AKST (21:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 5, 2016, 6:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2016, 11:39 AM AKST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
893 WWAK42 PAFG 052159 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 5 2016 AKZ208-061500- /O.NEW.PAFG.WS.W.0001.160106T0300Z-160107T0300Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE 1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...EAST OF NOATAK. * SNOW...5 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 10 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT AND WINDS WILL INCREASE. CONDITIONS IMPROVING BY LATE AFTERNOON * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ210-061500- /O.NEW.PAFG.WS.W.0001.160106T0300Z-160107T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM AKST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. * SNOW...5 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH GUSTING AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ209-061500- /O.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.160106T0300Z-160107T2100Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKST THURSDAY. * SNOW...3 TO 5 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ AKZ215-061500- /O.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.160106T0300Z-160106T1800Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...RUSSIAN MISSION...GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK... ANVIK...FLAT 1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...NEAR THE NULATO HILLS. * SNOW...4 TO 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ216-061500- /O.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.160106T0300Z-160106T1800Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...NEAR THE NULATO HILLS. * SNOW...4 TO 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. 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. && $$ AKZ217-061500- /O.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.160106T0300Z-160107T0300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...5 TO 7 INCHES ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ213-061500- /O.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160106T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION 1 TO 3 INCHES. * FREEZING RAIN...ON THE BERING STRAIT COAST...TRACE AMOUNTS THIS EVENING. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AS SNOWFALL AND WINDS INCREASE...THEN IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
378 WWAK42 PAFG 061307 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 407 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 AKZ215-216-061415- /O.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160106T1800Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY-LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...RUSSIAN MISSION...GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK... ANVIK...FLAT...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 407 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ AKZ208-070000- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T0300Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE 407 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...EAST OF NOATAK. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 3 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 10 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE. CONDITIONS IMPROVING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ210-070000- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 407 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 3 INCHES BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ209-070000- /O.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160107T0000Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 407 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 3 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ AKZ213-062100- /O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160106T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 407 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * SNOW...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION 1 TO 2 INCHES. * FREEZING RAIN...ON THE BERING STRAIT COAST...TRACE AMOUNTS TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE...THEN IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ217-070000- /O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160107T0300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 407 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. 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. && $$
179 WWAK42 PAFG 061450 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 550 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 AKZ213-061600- /O.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160106T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 550 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ AKZ208-070000- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T0300Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE 550 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...EAST OF NOATAK. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 3 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 10 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE. CONDITIONS IMPROVING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ210-070000- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 550 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ209-070000- /O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160107T0000Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 550 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 3 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ AKZ217-070000- /O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160107T0300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 550 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
241 WWAK42 PAFG 061530 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 630 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 AKZ210-061630- /O.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 630 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ AKZ209-061630- /O.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160107T0000Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 630 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ AKZ208-070000- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T0300Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE 630 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...EAST OF NOATAK. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 3 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 10 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY AFTERNOON. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ217-070000- /O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160107T0300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 630 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
676 WWAK42 PAFG 062039 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1139 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 AKZ208-062145- /O.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T0300Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE 1139 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ AKZ217-062145- /O.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160107T0300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 1139 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 5, 12:59 PM AKST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 12:59 PM AKST, 0 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 5 2016 .DISCUSSION... MODELS...GOOD SHORT TERM CONTINUITY WITH MINOR SPREAD IN THE FIRST 48 HOURS. BEYOND THAT DIFFERENCES IN POSITION AND STRENGTH SHOW UP. GOOD INITIALIZATION AGAINST THE 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES NOTES. WILL LEAN ON A BLEND OF THE MODELS AND JUST NUDGE THE CURRENT DATABASE MAKING ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY. ALOFT...AT 500 HPA...BROAD AREA OF LOWER HEIGHTS AND ELONGATED TROUGH EXTENDS SOUTHEAST OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA AROUND A 492 DAM LOW OVER THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA. RIDGING EXTENDS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA NORTHWEST OVER THE CENTRAL ARCTIC COAST...THEN WEST OVER THE SIBERIAN COAST. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THE LOW REMAINS OVER THE NORTHERN KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WITH TROUGHING EXTENDING SOUTHEAST AND A SHORTWAVE MOVING UP THE WEST COAST AND NUDGING INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR...WHILE THE RIDGE AXIS ROTATES TO A MORE NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATION. ALSO A 526 DAM LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING THE RIDGE REMAINS STATIONARY OVER THE YUKON...WHILE THE LOW REMAINS STATIONARY OVER THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA. THE SHORTWAVE OVER THE WEST COAST CONTINUES NORTH TO BE OVER THE ARCTIC COAST WHILE A SECOND SHORTWAVE MOVES NORTH OVER THE LOWER YUKON DELTA AND ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. ALSO A 486 DAM LOW DEVELOPS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC AND MOVES TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. THE 526 DAM LOW OVER SOUTHEAST MOVES OVER PORT ALEXANDER BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SHORTWAVE OVER THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA AND KOTZEBUE SOUND BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE LOW OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA THURSDAY AT 490 DAM...THEN BE ABSORBED INTO THE LOW OVER THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LOW OVER PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND ON THURSDAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR ON FRIDAY MORNING. THE SHORTWAVE OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST WILL DEEPEN INTO A 520 DAM LOW OVER THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA FRIDAY WHILE A PIECE OF THE RIDGE BREAKS OFF AND HEIGHTS BUILD TO 545 DAM LATE FRIDAY. SURFACE...NOT A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE SURFACE PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEK. BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AROUND 970ISH MB LOW IN THE BERING SEA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN A 948 MB LOW MOVES NORTH INTO THE BERING SEA...THEN NORTHWEST TO THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WEAK RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR AND THE ARCTIC COAST AROUND A 1028ISH MB HIGH OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY...EASTERN ARCTIC COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. NORTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST AND BE ENHANCED AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL BERING SEA THURSDAY. ARCTIC COAST AND BROOKS RANGE...HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE AREA AS MOST OF THE STRATUS HAS BEEN PUSHED OFFSHORE BY THE SOUTH FLOW. NOT MUCH TO SEE ON THE SATELLITE PRODUCTS TODAY. WILL GET SOME BREAKS IN THE HIGH OVERCAST LATER TONIGHT FROM BARROW EAST AS THE LATEST WAVE MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. THE NEXT WAVE MOVES OVER THE NORTHWEST COAST TONIGHT AND WILL SPREAD SOME LIGHT SNOW OVER THE AREA WITH AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE. NOT EXPECTING MUCH TO THE EAST OF WAINWRIGHT...BUT COULD SEE SOME FLURRIES AROUND BARROW DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH STRONGER WINDS WEST OF BARROW. WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST ACTIVE AREA WITH THE LOWS MOVING THROUGH THE BERING SEA SPINNING WAVES NORTH UP THE COAST. FIRST WAVE WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT UNTIL THEN SNOW AND SOME SPOTTY RAIN WILL FALL OVER MOST OF THE AREA. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA...IN UPSLOPE AREAS EAST OF NOATAK AND THE LOWER KOBUK. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS WHILE THE NULATO HILLS CAN EXPECT 4 TO 6 INCHES AND THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL SEE AROUND 2 INCHES. CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...REALLY QUIET. NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME FLURRIES POSSIBLE FROM TANANA WEST. DO NOT EXPECT ANY ACCUMULATION. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THE WARM SIDE...BUT THEY WILL TREND DOWN A BIT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE THE NEXT SURGE OF WARMER AIR PUSHES NORTH. AREAS THAT CLEAR OUT WILL OF COURSE SEE COLDER TEMPERATURES. WINDS IN AND NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO TREND DOWN...THEN TREND BACK UP ON THURSDAY AND WILL STAY PRETTY GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ227. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ208-AKZ210. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ209-AKZ213-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240. && SDB JAN 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 3:49 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Jan 5, 3:50 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Jan 5, 2:37 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 12 hr |
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