Blizzard Warning
NWS Fairbanks AK ยท US
Details
Blizzard Warning Now In Effect Until 4 PM AKST Wednesday
- Event
- Blizzard Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Extreme
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Blizzard conditions. Additional snow accumulations up to two inches. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph.
Where
Central Beaufort Sea Coast and Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast.
When
Until 4 PM AKST Wednesday.
Impacts
Travel may be impacted. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility below 1/4 mile due to falling and blowing snow.
Additional details
Periods of light snow and wind will persist into the weekend. The snow will become a bit more intermittent tonight into tomorrow but with strong east winds, blizzard conditions may continue longer than currently expected. Regardless of blizzard conditions, periods of blowing snow will persist into the weekend. We will continue to monitor and update as necessary.
Instructions
Travel should be restricted to emergencies only. A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds are likely. This could lead to whiteout conditions, making travel extremely dangerous. If you must travel, have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded, stay in your vehicle.
Affected areas
- 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
- ~1m28s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M73SGHSKK8KYP42KQ4ZYJ3MY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d0a6dadf2e6113700774ad30ce6c072c3071eab8.001.1
- 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.6949
- WMO heading
- XOAK51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | BZW |
| NationalWeatherService | BZW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | WSWNSB |
| WMOidentifier | WWAK41 PAFG 102232 |
| NWSheadline | BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.PAFG.BZ.W.0036.000000T0000Z-261112T0100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-11T16:00:00-09:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8b05241c6d9536a8eadf3867be3f8dc45faca8ab.001.1,2026-11-09T19:33:00-09:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.43cf0d18524494a13b7991b6d7f1755db5e080de.001.2,2026-11-09T11:55:00-09:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Central Beaufort Sea Coast
- Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 002185 |
| UGC | AKZ804 |
| UGC | AKZ805 |