STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR POWERFUL BERING SEA WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
600 AM AKST WED NOV 09 2011
 
...INTENSE LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN TIP OF
RUSSIA...       
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
WESTERN PORTION OF ALASKA FROM BETHEL NORTHWARD TO NOME AND
WAINWRIGHT.
 
COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
BERING SEA COAST.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 AM EST...A 946 MB...27.85 INCHES...LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS
LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TIP OF RUSSIA...NEAR THE TOWN OF
PROVIDENIYA. THIS IS ONE OF THE DEEPEST SYSTEMS IN RECENT HISTORY
TO MOVE THROUGH THE BERING SEA. THE LOW WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. WAVE HEIGHTS OVER THE BERING SEA HAVE
BEEN OBSERVED AS HIGH AS 40 FT. AN OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDED OUT
FROM THE LOW PRESSURE AND HAD MOVED ONSHORE IN WESTERN ALASKA.
BANDS OF SNOW CONTINUED TO ROTATE INLAND THROUGH NORTHWESTERN
ALASKA ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE.                  


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 300 AM AKST TUE
NOV 08 THROUGH 500 AM AKST WED NOV 09...

...ALASKA...
NOME (AIRPORT)                        4.8 THRU 12 AM AKST     

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...ALASKA...
TIN CITY AFS (AWOS)                   85                     
WALES                                 84                     
CAPE LISBURNE(AWOS)                   75                     
KOTZEBUE/RALPH WIEN (ASOS)            73                     
KIVALINA ARPT                         71                     
POINT HOPE (AWOS)                     69                     
CAPE ROMANZOFF (AWOS)                 60                     
ST MICHAEL                            58                     
TELLER                                58                     
EMMONAK                               56                     
NOME (ASOS)                           55                     
BETHEL AIRPORT (ASOS)                 54                     
SAVOONGA AIRPORT                      54                     


THE MAIN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS FAR NORTHEASTERN
RUSSIA AND INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA LATER TODAY AS IT SLOWLY WEAKENS.
HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE STORM OVER WESTERN ALASKA. THIS WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND
WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN ADDITION TO POWER AND
TELEPHONE OUTAGES. COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY...AS WATER RISES UP TO 9 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR SOME
COASTAL AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM THE TEENS TO NEAR
FREEZING AS RELATIVELY MILDER AIR PUSHES INLAND BEFORE COLDER AIR
WORKS BACK IN FROM THE WEST. SNOWFALL WILL AVERAGE THREE TO SIX
INCHES FROM THE YUKON DELTA NORTHWARD WITH MORE THAN A FOOT
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA. SUBSTANTIAL
COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOUTHERN AND WESTERN FACING
AREAS OF NORTON SOUND AND ALSO ON THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST. THE
PRECIPITATION... WIND... AND STORM SURGE WILL SUBSIDE LATER
TONIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.        

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

RYAN