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SPSAER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1225 PM AKDT WED MAR 21 2012

AKZ155-161-181-185-195-220600- 
...A LARGE STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE BERING SEA AND ALASKA PENINSULA
THURSDAY...
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY
TONIGHT AS IT MOVES INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA. PRECIPITATION ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL BRING SNOW AND POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS THURSDAY. THE SUBTROPICAL
FETCH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL USHER WARM AIR FAR NORTHWARD
FROM THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA. THE COMBINATION
OF THE WARM AIR ALOFT AND THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THIS REGION.
FREEZING RAIN WILL FIRST EFFECT THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AS EARLY AS
THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN SPREAD EAST TOWARD COLD BAY SHORTLY AFTER
NOON. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA IN THE
EVENING TOWARD PORT HEIDEN AND AS FAR EAST AS EGEGIK THURSDAY
EVENING.
THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WILL LIKELY SEE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS STARTING
AROUND NOON...BUT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY BEGIN TO MIX WITH
FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO
SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. 
BY THURSDAY NIGHT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REACH THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA BRINGING POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE COASTAL AREAS. 
STAY TUNED TO THE FORECAST AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP. ANY MINOR CHANGES
TO THE NORTH PACIFIC LOW OVERNIGHT MAY CHANGE THE AREA OF CONCERN AND
TIMING OF THIS EVENT.
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AB MAR 12