FPAK78 PAVW 272235
NOWVWS
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
135 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2009
AKZ131-280435-
NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS
135 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2009
.NOW...
...STRONG WIND SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
LOOK FOR RAIN AND SNOW TO CONTINUE FROM TATITLEK AND ELLAMAR NORTH
THROUGH VALDEZ AND EAST TO THE HEIDENVIEW AREA...WITH PRECIPITATION
FREQUENTLY SWITCHING BETWEEN THE TWO AND OCCASIONALLY A MIX OF BOTH.
FROM 19 MILE TO THOMPSON PASS...EXPECT THE PRECIPITATION TO CONSIST
OF SNOW ENTIRELY. ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE INCHES WILL FALL NEAR THE 
THOMPSON PASS SUMMIT BY 5 PM THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO
30 MPH ARE ALSO OCCURRING IN THE VICINITY OF THE THOMPSON PASS GAP.
THE GUSTY WINDS...IN CONCERT WITH THE FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN
PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY ALONG THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM 19 TO
30 MILE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY
EVENING.
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WZ NOV 09