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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
805 AM AKST Thu Jan 1 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0719 PM     Blizzard         1 NE Kaktovik           70.13N 143.58W
12/31/2025                   PKZ815             AK   AWOS

            Barter Island LRRS Airport AWOS reported
            blizzard conditions for around five hours
            from 1:56 PM to 7:19 PM December 31st, with
            quarter mile or lower visibility and winds
            as high as 51 mph with gusts to 55 mph.
            Visibility below a mile and strong winds
            also continued through around midnight.

1215 AM     Blizzard         Point Thomson           70.14N 146.29W
01/01/2026                   North Slope        AK   AWOS

            Point Thompson Airstrip AWOS reported
            blizzard conditions for 12 hours from 12:15
            PM December 31st to 12:15 AM January 1st,
            with quarter mile or lower visibility and
            winds as high as 38 mph with gusts to 43
            mph.


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