WWAK41 PAFC 201754 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 854 AM AST WED DEC 20 2006 A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHWARD INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. AKZ141-201900- /X.CAN.PAFC.SN.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-061220T2100Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 854 AM AST WED DEC 20 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SNOWFALL HAS TAPERED OFF OVER THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. $$ AKZ131-210600- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061221T0600Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 854 AM AST WED DEC 20 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BACK UP TO 30 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THOMPSON PASS BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING ON TOP OF ROUGHLY TWO FEET OF SNOW WHICH HAS FALLEN SO FAR. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES BEING FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO TAPER OFF AND WINDS DECREASE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ121-210600- /X.CON.PAFC.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T0600Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 854 AM AST WED DEC 20 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE BY AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED FOR THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA SOUTH OF CLAM GULCH TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THIS SNOWFALL...COMBINED WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$