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Storm Warning 153, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this storm warning at Dec 13, 2018, 2:57 PM AKST. It was in force for 49 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2018, 2:57 PM AKST (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2018, 3:52 PM AKST
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
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566 FZAK61 PAFC 132357 OFFAER Offshore Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage AK 257 PM AKST Thu Dec 13 2018 Offshore waters forecast for the Gulf of Alaska West of 144W Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. PKZ399-141515- 257 PM AKST Thu Dec 13 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... Low pressure persists in the Gulf through Fri morning. A front enters the southern Gulf Fri afternoon then it intensifies and moves into the northern Gulf Sat. $$ PKZ351-141515- Gulf of Alaska Offshore North of 57N and West of 144W- 257 PM AKST Thu Dec 13 2018 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW wind 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 19 ft. Isolated Thunderstorms. .FRI...S wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 35 to 45 kt. Seas 14 to 22 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 to 50 kt. Seas 20 to 29 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 35 to 50 kt. Seas 20 to 29 ft. .SUN...SE wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 14 to 22 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...NW wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. $$ PKZ352-141515- Gulf of Alaska Offshore South of 57N North of 55N and West of 144W- 257 PM AKST Thu Dec 13 2018 ...STORM WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW wind 25 to 40 kt diminishing to 15 to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 14 to 23 ft. Isolated Thunderstorms. .FRI...S wind 15 to 30 kt becoming SE 25 to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 10 to 17 ft. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 35 to 45 kt increasing to 40 to 55 kt after midnight. Seas 16 to 24 ft building to 22 to 29 ft after midnight. Rain. .SAT...E wind 35 to 50 kt. Seas 23 to 29 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 20 to 28 ft. .SUN...W wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 15 to 22 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...NW wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 19 ft. $$
4 follow-up statements
249 FZAK61 PAFC 141252 OFFAER Offshore Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage AK 352 AM AKST Fri Dec 14 2018 Offshore waters forecast for the Gulf of Alaska West of 144W Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. PKZ399-150145- 352 AM AKST Fri Dec 14 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A North Gulf Coast front pushes into Southeast Alaska Sat morning. A 956 mb low near 50N 162W moves to 54N 146W at 968 mb late Sat night. A 960 mb low forms at 53N 155W Sat morning and moves to 58N 147W at 967 mb Sat night. $$ PKZ351-150145- Gulf of Alaska Offshore North of 57N and West of 144W- 352 AM AKST Fri Dec 14 2018 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...S wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...E wind 35 to 45 kt. Seas 14 to 22 ft. .SAT...E wind 40 to 55 kt. Seas 20 to 30 ft. Rain. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 35 to 50 kt. Seas 21 to 30 ft. .SUN...S wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 20 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...NW wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. $$ PKZ352-150145- Gulf of Alaska Offshore South of 57N North of 55N and West of 144W- 352 AM AKST Fri Dec 14 2018 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...S wind 15 to 30 kt becoming SE 25 to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 10 to 17 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...E wind 35 to 45 kt increasing to 40 to 55 kt after midnight. Seas 16 to 24 ft building to 22 to 29 ft after midnight. Rain. .SAT...E wind 35 to 50 kt diminishing to 25 to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 23 to 29 ft. Rain. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 20 to 27 ft. .SUN THROUGH TUE...NW wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 19 ft. $$
570 FZAK61 PAFC 150053 OFFAER Offshore Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage AK 353 PM AKST Fri Dec 14 2018 Offshore waters forecast for the Gulf of Alaska West of 144W Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. PKZ399-151400- 353 PM AKST Fri Dec 14 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA...A strong front continues across the Gulf through Sun afternoon. The associated 953 mb low at 51N 156W Fri afternoon moves into the southern Gulf by Sat afternoon at 960 mb and then moves to 59N 147W at 969 mb by Sun afternoon. $$ PKZ351-151400- Gulf of Alaska Offshore North of 57N and West of 144W- 353 PM AKST Fri Dec 14 2018 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E wind 35 to 45 kt. Seas 14 to 22 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 to 50 kt. Seas 19 to 29 ft. Rain. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 30 to 45 kt diminishing to 15 to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 22 to 29 ft. Rain. .SUN...E wind up to 20 kt. Seas 14 to 21 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .MON THROUGH WED...SW wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. $$ PKZ352-151400- Gulf of Alaska Offshore South of 57N North of 55N and West of 144W- 353 PM AKST Fri Dec 14 2018 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E wind 35 to 50 kt. Seas 16 to 24 ft building to 22 to 29 ft after midnight. Rain. .SAT...E wind 35 to 50 kt diminishing to 25 to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 23 to 29 ft. Rain. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 20 to 35 kt. Seas 20 to 27 ft. .SUN...NW wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 15 to 21 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...NW wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 19 ft. .WED...W wind 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. $$
759 FZAK61 PAFC 151248 OFFAER Offshore Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage AK 348 AM AKST Sat Dec 15 2018 Offshore waters forecast for the Gulf of Alaska West of 144W Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. PKZ399-160145- 348 AM AKST Sat Dec 15 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A 959 mb low at 50N 151W moves to 59N 146W at 970 mb Mon morning. Its strong front spreads over the Northern Gulf through Sun night. $$ PKZ351-160145- Gulf of Alaska Offshore North of 57N and West of 144W- 348 AM AKST Sat Dec 15 2018 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 35 to 50 kt. Seas 18 to 28 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 to 50 kt becoming E 25 to 40 kt after midnight. Seas 22 to 30 ft. Rain. .SUN...SE wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 15 to 20 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 15 ft. .MON...SW wind up to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE THROUGH WED...SW wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. $$ PKZ352-160145- Gulf of Alaska Offshore South of 57N North of 55N and West of 144W- 348 AM AKST Sat Dec 15 2018 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E wind 40 to 55 kt diminishing to 30 to 45 kt in the afternoon. Seas 24 to 29 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...E wind 25 to 40 kt. Seas 21 to 27 ft. Rain. .SUN...N wind 15 to 30 kt becoming W 10 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 16 to 22 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W wind 15 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 15 ft. .MON...W wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE THROUGH WED...W wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 17 ft. $$
312 FZAK61 PAFC 160052 OFFAER Offshore Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage AK 352 PM AKST Sat Dec 15 2018 Offshore waters forecast for the Gulf of Alaska West of 144W Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. PKZ399-161345- 352 PM AKST Sat Dec 15 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA...A 961 mb low at 54N 145W Sat afternoon moves to 57N 148W at 965 mb by Sun afternoon and then weakens to 980 mb and moves inland over the North Gulf Coast by Mon afternoon. $$ PKZ351-161345- Gulf of Alaska Offshore North of 57N and West of 144W- 352 PM AKST Sat Dec 15 2018 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 35 to 50 kt. Seas 24 to 31 ft. Rain. Slight chance of thunderstorms. .SUN...E wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 15 to 22 ft. Slight chance of thunderstorms. .SUN NIGHT...SW wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 16 ft. .MON...SW wind up to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .MON NIGHT...N wind up to 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE THROUGH THU...S wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. $$ PKZ352-161345- Gulf of Alaska Offshore South of 57N North of 55N and West of 144W- 352 PM AKST Sat Dec 15 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 25 to 40 kt. Seas 22 to 28 ft. Rain. Slight chance of thunderstorms. .SUN...W wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 16 to 23 ft. Slight chance of thunderstorms. .SUN NIGHT...W wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 17 ft. .MON...W wind up to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE THROUGH WED...W wind 15 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 17 ft. .THU...S wind 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Dec 13, 4:58 AM AKST, 9 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 4:58 AM AKST, 9 hours 59 minutes before
Southcentral and Southwest Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Anchorage AK 458 AM AKST Thu Dec 13 2018 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... The main synoptic feature continues to be the elongated trough positioned from the central Bering to the Kenai Peninsula. This feature is beginning to shear apart into two closed lows in the mid-levels. The first of these mid-level shortwaves is lifting north into the southern mainland from Cook Inlet and as associated with both an occluded low in the eastern Gulf and a meso-low over the Kenai Peninsula continuing to produce snow from Kenai north to Talkeetna. Here, snowfall amounts have been light, on the order of 2 to 6 inches. However, a locations underneath the center of the low and areas aided by upslope flow and better dendritic growth due to cold air advection (upper hillside of Anchorage) have seen upwards of 6 to 12 inches of new snow. The second shortwave dropping southeast into the eastern Bering is associated with a vertically stacked low anchored over Norton Sound. Cold, arctic air is wrapping around this low and pushing over the Bering and western mainland where overnight lows in the interior of the southwest have fallen from 0 to 15 below. Elsewhere, a shortwave ejecting from the parent low over the eastern Bering is crossing over the eastern Aleutians and AKPEN bringing a mix of rain and snow showers, along with gusty small-craft winds from Dutch Harbor to Sand Point. Farther west, a developing North Pacific low is pushing clouds and gales across the western Aleutians. && .MODEL DISCUSSION... Guidance remains in good agreement in the handling of the synoptic fields. The NAM continues to be a bit faster with the movement of the low along the eastern Kenai Peninsula late Thursday. The EC is the weakest of the solutions, favoring more of an open trough than a closed low. Guidance is also in good agreement concerning the next low entering the western Gulf late Friday into Saturday with the first trough moving along the southcentral coast on Friday and the larger occlusion pinwheeling through the Gulf into the weekend. Here a blend of the GFS and NAM is used to resolve subtle differences and take a middle of the ground approach. The higher resolution NAMnest is used in the short term to better resolve local-effect winds. && .AVIATION... PANC...Light snow will continue across the airport complex through mid-morning with some clearing through the afternoon and early evening hours. Lower ceilings and light snow returns again later tonight into early Friday morning. Expect periods of MVFR and IFR conditions this morning improving to VFR this afternoon. MVFR conditions return later this evening. Light northerly winds will also increase this evening. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (Days 1 and 2)... The overall pattern over Southcentral Alaska remains the same from yesterday with the cold upper level low over Southwest mainland Alaska. This low continues to send short waves over Southcentral Alaska which have brought snowfall with them over land and snow showers over the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound. A meso-low could been seen very clearly on the radar over the northern Kenai Peninsula. This low drifted very slowly eastward overnight and enhanced the snowfall over Anchorage and into the Matanuska Valley. As of early Thursday morning, this meso-low is moving over western Turnagain Arm and as it moves eastward, the snowfall will end over the Northern Cook Inlet region. There may even be some partial clearing by the afternoon as the upper level wave which helped this meso-low develop moves out of the area. Another upper level disturbance is over southern Kodiak Island this morning and will track through the Gulf of Alaska today so the snow with that disturbance will remain only over those areas. Yet another short wave will move over the Cook Inlet region tonight bringing another chance of snow to Southcentral. The pattern begins to change Friday night into Saturday when a storm force low moves into the Gulf of Alaska from the south. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHWEST ALASKA (Days 1 through 3/Thursday through Saturday)... A deep upper level low over the southwest mainland will continue to funnel very cold air from the Arctic south into southwest Alaska. Some limited cloud cover from a weak shortwave moving across the southern portion of Bristol Bay will help to slightly moderate temperatures this morning, though areas with clear skies will see temperatures in the negative single digits to even negative teens this morning. The upper low center will slowly shift north and east over the next couple of days, allowing northerly flow to increase and even colder air to funnel into the area. 850 mb (5000 ft) temperatures are expected to drop to -20C by Fri/Sat timeframe. This combined with decreasing cloud cover will lead to the coldest temperatures of the season so far by the weekend. Lows right now are expected to plummet to near -20F for inland areas in the Kuskokwim River Delta and lower Kuskokwim River Valley Saturday and possibly Sunday morning. Persistent northerly flow around 10-15 mph will drop wind chills to near advisory levels (-40F) in these locations, though if winds slacken a bit these will be not as cold. On Saturday, a weak deformation zone is expected to form on the west side of a low pressure system tracking through the Gulf of Alaska. This will lead to a band of snow developing on the western side of the Alaskan Range that will slowly push west from Iliamna towards the Kuskokwim River Valley. As of now, no significant accumulations are expected, but this should help to keep temperatures a bit warmer that further west. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS (Days 1 through 3/Wednesday night through Saturday)... A weak shortwave will continue to push east across Southern Bristol Bay and the far Eastern Aleutians, brining some areas of snow and rain. As the system pushes off to the east, ridging will build in leading to cold northerly flow and some scattered instability snow showers impacting the eastern half of the Bering and Aleutians today. A sub-960 mb low will track east skirting just south of the Aleutians on Friday, bringing increased easterly winds, though precip should stay just to the south. Ridging builds in rapidly behind the departing system, bringing a return to cold northerly flow and instability snow showers covering most of the Bering by Saturday. && .LONG TERM FORECAST (Days 4 through 7)... The forecast period commences with the longwave trough extending from Southwest Alaska to the North Pacific and Gulf Of Alaska. On the 16th of December at 12z the GFS at 500 mb, has a closed low churning over the Gulf Of Alaska and a second one south of Adak. Generally speaking, expect this pair of disturbances to push eastward. The primary sensible weather highlight for this forecast package will be another round of snow for the Anchorage and Girdwood Sunday and early Monday. That said, not expecting much headway towards catching up to the normal climatological snowpack for the month of December. The ECMWF has come into line with the GFS and the GEFS ensemble mean early in the forecast period. However, the consensus begins to erode rapidly by 00z Monday at least south of the Aleutian Chain. By Tuesday, the global models ping into another round of cyclogenesis near Kamchatka which will bring a front into the Western Aleutians actually warming up places like Attu, Shemya and Amchitka. && .AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PUBLIC...None. MARINE...Gales...132 150 155 172 174 176 177 352. Heavy Freezing Spray...140 181 185. && SYNOPSIS AND MODEL DISCUSSION...TM SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...EZ SOUTHWEST ALASKA/BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...KVP LONG TERM...PS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 13, 9:54 AM AKST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
954 AM AKST THU DEC 13 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0807 PM SNOW 1 NW SOLDOTNA 60.50N 151.10W
12/12/2018 M2.0 INCH KENAI PENINSULA AK PUBLIC
DAILY SNOWFALL ON 12/12/2018.
0850 PM SNOW EAGLE RIVER 61.32N 149.54W
12/12/2018 E2.2 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR SNOW TOTAL.
0906 PM SNOW EAGLE LOOP RD 61.32N 149.54W
12/12/2018 E2.5 INCH ANCHORAGE AK PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL.
0851 AM SNOW WICKERSHAM PARK 61.17N 149.85W
12/13/2018 M3.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
7PM ON THE 12TH - 7AM ON THE 13TH.
0725 AM SNOW EAGLE RIVER 61.32N 149.54W
12/13/2018 M3.5 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL. TOTAL SINCE TUESDAY
NIGHT IS 6 IN.
0842 PM SNOW 2 ESE OF POTTER HILL 61.08N 149.82W
12/12/2018 M4.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK PUBLIC
NEW SNOW ON 12/12/2018.
0700 AM SNOW LAKE OTIS PKWY & 68TH 61.15N 149.82W
12/13/2018 M4.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
FROM 8PM ON THE 12TH - 7AM ON THE 13TH.
0712 AM SNOW SEWARD/HUFFMAN 61.11N 149.85W
12/13/2018 M4.6 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
STORM TOTAL ROUGHLY A 18:1 TO 20:1 RATIO.
0814 AM SNOW STRAWBERRY RD 61.15N 149.93W
12/13/2018 M4.7 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
8:30AM ON THE 12TH - 7:30 AM ON THE 13TH.
0.24 SWE. STORM TOTAL SNOW SINCE THE 11TH
6.1 IN.
0742 AM SNOW EAST ANCHORAGE NEAR LOR 61.15N 149.81W
12/13/2018 M5.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL WITH THE 3.5 DAY STORM TOTAL OF
8.3 IN.
0647 AM SNOW LAKE OTIS / HUFFMAN 61.10N 149.82W
12/13/2018 M7.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
STORM TOTAL STARTING ON THE 11TH.
0813 AM SNOW FORT RICHARDSON 61.27N 149.66W
12/13/2018 M7.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK PUBLIC
24 HR STORM TOTAL. SWE 0.3 IN (18:1 RATIO).
SNOW DEPTH OF 13 IN.
0950 AM SNOW RUSSIAN JACK SPRINGS PA 61.21N 149.78W
12/13/2018 M9.3 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
2 DAY SNOW TOTAL WITH AVG SNOW RATIO OF
21:1.
0813 AM SNOW CHESTER CREEK 61.20N 149.83W
12/13/2018 M11.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL.
0823 AM SNOW O'MALLEY TRAILHEAD 61.12N 149.71W
12/13/2018 M17.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK TRAINED SPOTTER
15-18 IN STORM TOTAL.
&&Local storm report, Dec 13, 10:03 AM AKST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1003 AM AKST THU DEC 13 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0452 PM SNOW UPPER POTTER VALLEY 61.06N 149.76W
12/12/2018 M1.4 INCH ANCHORAGE AK TRAINED SPOTTER
FOR THE LAST 24 HRS.
0454 PM SNOW NATIONAL WEATHER SERVIC 61.16N 149.98W
12/12/2018 M1.5 INCH ANCHORAGE AK OFFICIAL NWS OBS
ACCUMULATED SNOWFALL FOR 12/12. STORM TOTAL
SO FAR 3.3 IN.
0807 PM SNOW 1 NW SOLDOTNA 60.50N 151.10W
12/12/2018 M2.0 INCH KENAI PENINSULA AK PUBLIC
DAILY SNOWFALL ON 12/12/2018.
0850 PM SNOW EAGLE RIVER 61.32N 149.54W
12/12/2018 E2.2 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR SNOW TOTAL.
0906 PM SNOW EAGLE LOOP RD 61.32N 149.54W
12/12/2018 E2.5 INCH ANCHORAGE AK PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL.
0851 AM SNOW WICKERSHAM PARK 61.17N 149.85W
12/13/2018 M3.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
7PM ON THE 12TH - 7AM ON THE 13TH.
0725 AM SNOW EAGLE RIVER 61.32N 149.54W
12/13/2018 M3.5 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL. TOTAL SINCE TUESDAY
NIGHT IS 6 IN.
0842 PM SNOW 2 ESE OF POTTER HILL 61.08N 149.82W
12/12/2018 M4.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK PUBLIC
NEW SNOW ON 12/12/2018.
0700 AM SNOW LAKE OTIS PKWY & 68TH 61.15N 149.82W
12/13/2018 M4.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
FROM 8PM ON THE 12TH - 7AM ON THE 13TH.
0712 AM SNOW SEWARD/HUFFMAN 61.11N 149.85W
12/13/2018 M4.6 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
STORM TOTAL ROUGHLY A 18:1 TO 20:1 RATIO.
0814 AM SNOW STRAWBERRY RD 61.15N 149.93W
12/13/2018 M4.7 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
8:30AM ON THE 12TH - 7:30 AM ON THE 13TH.
0.24 SWE. STORM TOTAL SNOW SINCE THE 11TH
6.1 IN.
0742 AM SNOW EAST ANCHORAGE NEAR LOR 61.15N 149.81W
12/13/2018 M5.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL WITH THE 3.5 DAY STORM TOTAL OF
8.3 IN.
0647 AM SNOW LAKE OTIS / HUFFMAN 61.10N 149.82W
12/13/2018 M7.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
STORM TOTAL STARTING ON THE 11TH.
0813 AM SNOW FORT RICHARDSON 61.27N 149.66W
12/13/2018 M7.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK PUBLIC
24 HR STORM TOTAL. SWE 0.3 IN (18:1 RATIO).
SNOW DEPTH OF 13 IN.
0452 PM SNOW O'MALLEY TRAILHEAD 61.12N 149.72W
12/12/2018 M8.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIGHTLY SNOWING AT THE
TIME OF OBSERVATION.
1001 AM SNOW NATIONAL WEATHER SERVIC 61.16N 149.98W
12/13/2018 M8.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 12/11-12/13.
0950 AM SNOW RUSSIAN JACK SPRINGS PA 61.21N 149.78W
12/13/2018 M9.3 INCH ANCHORAGE AK NWS EMPLOYEE
2 DAY SNOW TOTAL WITH AVG SNOW RATIO OF
21:1.
0813 AM SNOW CHESTER CREEK 61.20N 149.83W
12/13/2018 M11.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL.
0450 PM SNOW UPPER HILLSIDE 61.10N 149.72W
12/12/2018 M12.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK TRAINED SPOTTER
12 IN FOR THE DAY WITH 2 IN THAT FELL ON THE
11TH. THIS MAKES THE STORM TOTAL SO FAR 14
IN.
0823 AM SNOW O'MALLEY TRAILHEAD 61.12N 149.71W
12/13/2018 M17.0 INCH ANCHORAGE AK TRAINED SPOTTER
15-18 IN STORM TOTAL.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 3:32 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 12, 3:32 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 12, 3:32 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 12, 3:41 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Dec 12, 3:41 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 days | |
| Dec 12, 3:41 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:43 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:56 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 5 days | |
| Dec 13, 3:56 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 13, 2:57 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 13 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.