BLIZZARD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 238 PM AST FRI DEC 18 2009
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA EARLY
SATURDAY EVENING. THIS STORM COMBINED WITH A BUILDING RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE WILL CREATE EAST
OR SOUTHEAST WINDS THAT WILL LIKELY GUST TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST
WINDS MAY BE NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
SNOWFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.
THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY CREATE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DURING THIS
EVENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH 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
DANGEROUS.
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