Winter Weather Advisory

NWS Fairbanks AK · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-11-12 12:25:00 UTC.

Details

Winter Weather Advisory Remains In Effect Until 4 PM AKST Wednesday

Event: Winter Weather Advisory
Issued: 2026-11-11 03:18:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-11-11 03:18:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-11-11 15:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-11-12 01:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Response: Execute

Description

What

Snow and blowing snow. Additional snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches. Winds gusting as high as 50 mph.

Where

Northern and Western Arctic Coast.

When

Until 4 PM AKST Wednesday.

Impacts

Travel could be difficult. Snow and blowing snow could reduce visibility below one half mile at times. Periods of blizzard conditions will be intermittently possible, especially near Utqiagvik.

Additional details

Areas of blowing snow may persist through the end of the week as gusty wind and intermittent areas of falling snow continue.

Instructions

Slow down and use caution while traveling.

Affected areas

Western Arctic Coast
Northwest Arctic Coast
Northern Arctic Coast

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Fairbanks AK
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-11-11 03:18:46 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~47s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M749TZ96GSQVD6VGBDZ1NDE5
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a9962aad3058bde3a657f8bb7d1c301bac14b246.002.1
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.4572
WMO heading: XOAK51
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: Alaska (AK)
WMO bulletin number: 51

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d0a6dadf2e6113700774ad30ce6c072c3071eab8.002.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-10 22:32:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b38a9a87670b5d8bb43ea82d3c2a266d8fa88bef.002.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-10 13:45:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8b05241c6d9536a8eadf3867be3f8dc45faca8ab.002.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-10 04:33:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.43cf0d18524494a13b7991b6d7f1755db5e080de.002.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-09 20:55:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8881d684cb86f9dc72d72ada8105c3444149d74e.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-09 12:46:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b9e0ed8f1386f817fde6746b26cf3827bf3cd51e.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-08 23:19:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bc68c9f6377814f1d957b516c1ccb8a825faea34.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-08 18:56:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	WWY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	WSWNSB
WMOidentifier	WWAK41 PAFG 110318
NWSheadline	WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST WEDNESDAY
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-261112T0100Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-11-11T16:00:00-09:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	[email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b38a9a87670b5d8bb43ea82d3c2a266d8fa88bef.002.1,2026-11-10T04:45:00-09:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8b05241c6d9536a8eadf3867be3f8dc45faca8ab.002.1,2026-11-09T19:33:00-09:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.43cf0d18524494a13b7991b6d7f1755db5e080de.002.1,2026-11-09T11:55:00-09:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8881d684cb86f9dc72d72ada8105c3444149d74e.001.1,2026-11-09T03:46:00-09:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b9e0ed8f1386f817fde6746b26cf3827bf3cd51e.001.1,2026-11-08T14:19:00-09:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bc68c9f6377814f1d957b516c1ccb8a825faea34.001.1,2026-11-08T09:56:00-09:00

Locations

Location data

Western Arctic Coast
Northwest Arctic Coast
Northern Arctic Coast

Name	Value
SAME	002185
UGC	AKZ801
UGC	AKZ802
UGC	AKZ803