Winter Storm Watch
NWS Fairbanks AK ยท US
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Details
Winter Storm Watch In Effect From Late Thursday Night Through Saturday Afternoon
- Event
- Winter Storm Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Blowing snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 1 and 3 inches possible. Winds could gust as high as 60 mph. Blowing snow could reduce visibility to 1/4 mile or less at times.
Where
Baldwin Peninsula and Lower Kobuk Valley.
When
From late Thursday night through Saturday afternoon.
Impacts
Travel could be difficult. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. Visibilities may drop below 1/4 mile due to falling and blowing snow.
Instructions
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
Affected areas
- Lower Kobuk Valley
- Baldwin Peninsula
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Fairbanks AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m16s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M5DQE82ZBKJXT9R1T2P628YS
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9f939c35620fa9e374d3ae925408d616ea1b0ff9.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Fairbanks AK
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAFG
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7226
- WMO heading
- XOAK52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | WSA |
| NationalWeatherService | WSA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | WSWWCZ |
| WMOidentifier | WWAK42 PAFG 202237 |
| NWSheadline | WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.PAFG.WS.A.0032.261023T1200Z-261025T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-24T16:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lower Kobuk Valley
- Baldwin Peninsula
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 002188 |
| UGC | AKZ816 |
| UGC | AKZ817 |