Re: Meanwhile in Alaska, 929 mb
Posted by
Chris in Tampa on 12/13/2015, 7:37 pm
Wow. That is an amazing loop. 40 megabytes though, wow. That's detail.
I was curious what the wind chill would be, but you can't calculate it on wind gusts that high.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/winter/windchill.shtml
Around mid to low teens with a temperature of around 35F.
It looks to have some forecast impacts on Nome:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=64.5011&lon=-165.4064
About Nome:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nome,_Alaska
https://www.nomealaska.org/
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
143 PM AKST SUN DEC 13 2015
.A VERY POWERFUL STORM IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL BEGIN TO
SLOWLY WEAKEN WHILE MOVING NORTH TO ST LAWRENCE ISLAND MONDAY AND
TO THE BERING STRAIT ON TUESDAY.
AKZ211-141500-
/O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0288.151213T2300Z-151216T0000Z/
SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST-
INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN
143 PM AKST SUN DEC 13 2015
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST
TUESDAY...
* VISIBILITY...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW.
* WINDS...GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH.
* SNOW...3 TO 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION.
* TIMING...EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING
WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AND PERSISTING INTO
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL
ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR FOR
SHORT PERIODS. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE
DIFFICULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER
HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
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