Weather Alerts for Chukchi Sea CoastIssued by the National Weather Service |
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CHUKCHI SEA COAST | ||
Areas Affected: Shishmaref - Bering Strait Coast - Southern Seward Peninsula Coast - Interior Seward Peninsula - St Lawrence Island |
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Effective: Fri, 10/17 2:49pm | Updated: Fri, 10/17 7:50pm | Urgency: Expected |
Expires: Sat, 10/18 4:00pm | Severity: Moderate | Certainty: Observed |
Details:
A couple waves of energy will bring the potential for snow squalls Saturday through Sunday night. Squalls are notoriously quick in nature, but can bring brief heavy bursts of snow and wind gusts up to 35 mph which can reduce visibility below 1 mile at times. Snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches is possible, with the heaviest expected in the Western Seward Peninsula and most of it coming Saturday night through Sunday. |