Blizzard Warning – South Peninsula

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WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…KENAI…SOLDOTNA…HOMER…COOPER LANDING

217 PM AKST FRI JAN 30 2009

…BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON FROM ANCHOR POINT SOUTHWARD…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON.

STEADY SNOW COMBINED WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS FROM ANCHOR POINT SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING RESULTING IN QUICKLY IMPROVING VISIBILITIES.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS…MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.