Blizzard Warning Continues for Alaska's Arctic Coast Through Sunday, With Gusts to 60 mph
In an urgent winter weather message issued at 2:59 p.m. AKST on November 13, the National Weather Service in Fairbanks said a Blizzard Warning remains in effect for Alaska's Arctic coast until 7 a.m. Sunday (November 15). One zone covers the Northern Arctic Coast including Utqiagvik; the other covers the Central and Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, including Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay, Kaktovik and Nuiqsut, and the Dalton Highway north of Milepost 387.
Additional snowfall of up to 2 inches is expected, but wind and blowing snow are the main threat: gusts near 45 mph on Friday strengthen to 60 mph Saturday into Sunday, dropping visibility below one half mile at times.
A lull is expected through Saturday morning, with the strongest winds from Saturday afternoon into Sunday, when travel between Arctic coast communities will be very dangerous.
The Weather Service's safety guidance: travel should be restricted to emergencies only during the blizzard; anyone who must go out should carry a winter survival kit, and anyone stranded should stay with their vehicle and wait for help.
(Source: National Weather Service)
Source: National Weather Service
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Photo: 图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，Floyd Davidson 摄「Barrow High School 2007-12-08」（CC BY-SA 4.0），图中为冬季极夜中被积雪覆盖的 Utqiagvik（Barrow）街道 Image: Wikimedia Commons, "Barrow High School 2007-12-08" by Floyd Davidson (CC BY-SA 4.0), showing a snow-covered street in Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska, in the dark of winter
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