| Massive storm slamming west Alaska. Pressure in Nome is 28.73" (972 mb) and falling like a brick. The center of the low is 945mb!!! Just like the US East, waves draw people to the coast to play. It really looks like Alaska's take on a hurricane. http://www.adn.com/2011/11/08/v-gallery/2161340/western-alaska-coast-residents.html#id=2160917&view=large_view Even NWS Alaska products look like a Hurricane Local Statement Coastal Flood Warning COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1051 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...ONE OF THE WORST BERING SEA STORMS ON RECORD WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS AND COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE WEST COAST... AN EXTREMELY STRONG STORM IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA IS NOW CAUSING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH ALONG THE ENTIRE WEST COAST OF ALASKA THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 100 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE BERING STRAIGHT AND OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. THE WINDS WILL TURN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST LATER TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SEA LEVEL TO RISE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING AND SEVERE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR OVER ALL OF WESTERN ALASKA FROM CAPE ROMANZOF TO THE BERING STRAIT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SEA LEVELS WILL RISE 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN MOST AREAS WITH WAVES 15 TO 20 FT. IN EASTERN NORTON SOUND THE SEA LEVEL WILL RISE RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND SEA LEVELS WILL RISE TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WITH WAVES OF 29 FEET. THE HIGH WATER AND HIGH WAVES WILL PUSH WATER INLAND AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST. THIS STRONG STORM IS ALSO BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE WEST COAST FROM THE BERING STRAIT SOUTH THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD NORTH TO POINT HOPE LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUTSIDE SHOULD THEY NEED TO EVACUATE RISING WATER NEAR THE COAST. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MOVE AWAY FROM LOW LYING AREAS NOW. AKZ211-091600- /X.CON.PAFG.CF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN 1051 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE COAST INCLUDING THE CITY OF NOME. * IMPACTS...MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING AND SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. SEA LEVELS ARE NOW 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND WILL RISE TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY. COMBINED WITH HIGH WAVES THIS WILL PUSH WATER ONSHORE AND FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST. ANY SEA ICE THAT IS PRESENT NEAR SHORE WILL BE PUSHED ONSHORE AND COULD DAMAGE BUILDINGS. HIGH SEA LEVELS AND WAVES WILL BACK UP WATER IN THE SNAKE RIVER NEAR THE MOUTH. THIS MAY FLOOD A PORTION OF THE ROAD TO THE NOME AIRPORT. * TIMING...SEA LEVELS WILL RISE STEADILY FROM NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT RISING SEA WATER THAT CAUSES FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE STORMS ON RECORD. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...AND BE ON THE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. DO NOT DELAY IN TAKING NEEDED PRECAUTIONS FOR THIS UNUSUALLY SEVERE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM. && |