http://www.weather.gov/alerts/ak.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:25:02 4 en-us robert.bunge@noaa.gov w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Alaska (Northeast Prince William Sound/AKZ131) Issued by the National Weather Service http://weather.gov/images/xml_logo.gif http://weather.gov http://www.weather.gov/alerts/AK.html#AKZ131.AFCWSWAER.141500 VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS<br>515 AM AKST MON NOV 23 2009<br><br>...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM<br>AKST TUESDAY THROUGH THOMPSON PASS...<br><br>THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD<br>WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM<br>AKST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.<br><br>A STRONG FRONT ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST THIS MORNING WILL<br>GRADUALLY MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...BRINGING<br>SNOW AND WIND TO THOMPSON PASS. STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS<br>AFTERNOON AND THEN INTENSIFY BY EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE<br>EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH. THE COMBINATION<br>OF WIND AND SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR<br>LESS AT TIMES THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. WINDS AND SNOW WILL BOTH<br>BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING RESULTING IN A GRADUAL<br>IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITIES.<br><br>PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...<br><br>A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE<br>EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS<br>AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT<br>CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND<br>OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.<br><br><br><br>$$<br><a href=http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov>Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage</a>