Winter Weather Advisory
NWS Fairbanks AK ยท US
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Details
Winter Weather Advisory In Effect From 3 AM Tuesday To 6 AM AKST Wednesday
- Event
- Winter Weather Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Execute
Description
What
Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to 3 inches. Northeast winds gusting as high as 50 mph.
Where
Arctic Coast.
When
From 3 AM Tuesday to 6 AM AKST Wednesday.
Impacts
Areas of blowing snow could reduce visibility to around 1/2 mile at times, which could impact travel.
Additional details
Areas to the east of Utqiagvik could intermittently experience visibilities as low as 1/4 mile from the onset of the snowfall Tuesday morning through Tuesday afternoon as both the snowfall rates and the wind gusts will be higher over that area during that timeframe.
Instructions
Slow down and use extra caution if traveling.
Affected areas
- Western Arctic Coast
- Northwest Arctic Coast
- Northern Arctic Coast
- Central Beaufort Sea Coast
- Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Fairbanks AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m4s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M6Y8AWDCVE8YXRBQ63ZF1P9E
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bc68c9f6377814f1d957b516c1ccb8a825faea34.001.1
- 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.1559
- WMO heading
- XOAK51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | WWY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | WSWNSB |
| WMOidentifier | WWAK41 PAFG 081856 |
| NWSheadline | WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0088.261110T1200Z-261111T1500Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-11T06:00:00-09:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Western Arctic Coast
- Northwest Arctic Coast
- Northern Arctic Coast
- Central Beaufort Sea Coast
- Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 002185 |
| UGC | AKZ801 |
| UGC | AKZ802 |
| UGC | AKZ803 |
| UGC | AKZ804 |
| UGC | AKZ805 |