BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1014 AM AST THU DEC 03 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST
SATURDAY FOR KISKA WESTWARD.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ALONG THE BACK SIDE
OF A POWERFULL STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS MOVED INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING
SEA FROM THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. NORTH WINDS 40 TO 60 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 85 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. WARMING
TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL BUT STRONG NORTH
WINDS WILL REMAIN KISKA WESTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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