Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
517 PM AKST TUE FEB 9 2010

AKZ213-101500-
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ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
517 PM AKST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKST WEDNESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKST
WEDNESDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKST
WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKST
WEDNESDAY.

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF
30 TO 40 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE WIND AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED
TO MODERATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WIND CHILLS ON SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND HAVE DIMINISHED. WIND CHILLS
TO 50 BELOW PERSIST IN SPOTS NEAR THE BERING STRAIT COAST. AS
TEMPERATURES RISE A LITTLE LATER TONIGHT...THE WIND CHILLS WILL
MODERATE TO 40 BELOW. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING BOTH THE WIND AND WIND
CHILLS ARE EXPECTED DIMINISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILL OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TAKE PRECAUTION TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND
EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND
MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS.

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