Telephone Line Maintenance Impacting Some NWS Fairbanks Services Oct 13-15th

Severe Weather Possible from the Central Plains to the Northeast; Building Heat in the West; Fire Weather Concerns for the Southwest

Severe thunderstorms will be possible from the central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Monday. Hazardous heat will linger across the southern U.S. and build across the West through mid-week. Hot and dry conditions will fuel fire weather concerns for Interior Alaska and the Four Corners region through Monday. Read More >

Telephone Line Maintenance Impacting Some NWS Fairbanks Services Oct 13-15th

Telephone line maintenance in Fairbanks will impact some services provide by the NWS Fairbanks forecast office. The maintenance is expected Tuesday through Thursday Oct 13 to 15th.

The first outage will be Tuesday night/Wednesday morning from 11pm-7am. Services that may be impacted include:

NWS NOAA Weather Radio WXJ81 in Fairbanks

NWS NOAA Weather Radio WXJ62 in Nome

NEXRAD Weather Radar in Fairbanks (Pedro Dome) and Nome.

Telephone lines to the NWS Fairbanks forecast office.

The 2nd outage will be Wednesday night/Thursday morning from 11pm-8am. This may impact:

NWS NOAA Weather Radio WXJ62 in Nome

NEXRAD Weather Radar in Fairbanks (Pedro Dome) and Nome.

Telephone lines at the following Weather Service Offices: Barrow (Utqiagvik), Kotzebue, McGrath, Nome

Thank you for your patience during this maintenance.