...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Blowing snow with low visibility now occuring. North winds gusting to 40 mph. Visibility one half mile or less at times. Travel could be very difficult to impossible. * WHERE...The Bering Strait Coast. * WHEN...Now through midnight tonight. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The current storm will diminish after midnight tonight. Blizzard conditions are possible over St Lawrence Island and the Bering Strait Thursday evening through Friday evening with whiteout conditions and significant drifting snow possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Weather Advisory for blowing snow means periods of blowing snow will cause travel difficulties. A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Blowing snow with low visibility now occuring. North winds gusting to 40 mph. Visibility one half mile or less at times. Travel could be very difficult to impossible. * WHERE...The Bering Strait Coast. * WHEN...Now through midnight tonight. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The current storm will diminish after midnight tonight. Blizzard conditions are possible over St Lawrence Island and the Bering Strait Thursday evening through Friday evening with whiteout conditions and significant drifting snow possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Weather Advisory for blowing snow means periods of blowing snow will cause travel difficulties. A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.
...Major Winter Storm Likely Late This Weekend and Early Next Week... Chances for a major winter storm to impact the West Coast and Western Interior late this weekend into early next week continues to increase in likelihood. The potential for heavy snowfall, significant blowing and drifting snow with 35 to 60 mph south to east winds, and significant travel impacts, are likely. An initial front will move into Saint Lawrence Island and the YK Delta northward to the western Seward Peninsula on Friday and Friday night, bringing some light snow and areas of blowing snow. A much more powerful winter storm will move into the area Saturday night and Sunday, persisting into the early week, and this is the one which will likely be much more significant given the strength and snowfall potential it will bring. Stay tuned to www.weather.gov/fairbanks as we continue to monitor this storm.
