Winter Weather — Northern Arctic Coast, Alaska

2007-01-31 · Northern Arctic Coast, Alaska

Wider weather episode

With very strong high pressure ove 1045 mb over the eastern Arctic Ocean, a weather front moved north over the Bering Sea and Southern Chukchi sea on the 31st creating near-blizzard conditions and High Winds arcoss the much of the Arctic Coast.

Near-BLizzard Conditions reported at:

Zone 201 - Likely at Wainwright ASOS, Point Lay AWOS.

Zone 202 - Barrow ASOS, augmented by NWS staff.

Zone 203 - likely at Nuiqsut ASOS, also at Deadhorse ASOS which is augmented by FAA contractor.

High Winds occurred at:

Zone 201 - Point Lay AWOS highest gust 55 knots (63 mph).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 6875. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.