Blizzard — Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, Alaska

2017-12-13 to 2017-12-14 · Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, Alaska

Wider weather episode

Tight pressure gradient between a high over the arctic and low pressure over the west coast of Alaska produced blowing snow and strong winds to the north slope on December 14th 2017

Zone 201: Blizzard conditions were observed at the Wainwright ASOS. The visibility was reduced to one quarter mile or less in snow and blowing snow. There was a peak wind gust of 46 kt (53 mph) at the Wainwright ASOS.

Zone 203: Blizzard conditions were observed at the Nuiqsut ASOS. The visibility was reduced to one quarter mile or less in snow and blowing snow. There was a peak wind gust of 39 kt (45 mph) at the Wainwright ASOS.

Zone 204: Blizzard conditions were observed at the Point Thomson AWOS. The visibility was reduced to one quarter mile or less in snow and blowing snow. There was a peak wind gust of 36 kt (41 mph) at the Wainwright ASOS.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 743822. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.