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WWAK41 PAFG 240948
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
148 AM AKDT WED APR 24 2024
AKZ804-805-250000-
/O.NEW.PAFG.WS.A.0036.240425T1800Z-240427T0600Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING NUIQSUT, PRUDHOE BAY, ALPINE, DEADHORSE, KUPARUK,
THE DALTON HIGHWAY NORTH OF MP 387, KAKTOVIK, FLAXMAN ISLAND,
AND POINT THOMSON
148 AM AKDT WED APR 24 2024
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH
AS 50 MPH.
* WHERE...CENTRAL AND EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY. THE COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 25 BELOW ZERO COULD
CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MEANS THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND
EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT.
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