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Nor'easter Bringing Dangerous Coastal Conditions to the Mid-Atlantic; Pacific Storm to Impact the Southwest U.S.

A Nor'easter well off the East Coast will slowly track north this week and may gain some subtropical characteristics. Strong onshore winds will bring flooding, dangerous marine conditions, and beach erosion along the Mid-Atlantic coast. A Pacific storm will bring gusty winds, severe thunderstorms, and mountain snow to portions of California and the Southwest U.S. through Thursday. 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.