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11.9.11 Powerful Storm Aimed For Alaska Will Be One For The Record Books

For those with weather interests across the other side of the country, a powerful storm of epic proportions is taking aim on Alaska's west coast. The storm is expected to be one of the worst in history for Alaska. Impacts will spread northwest and continue through Thursday in some communities. Coastal Flood and Blizzard Warnings are in effect for most of the Alaska's west and northwest coasts. At 3:00 a.m. EST (11:00 p.m. AKST) the center of the low pressure system was located about 100 miles west of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, with a minimum central pressure of 943 mb (27.85 inches). This is one of the deepest systems in recent history to move through the Bering Sea.

The storm is expected to move north-northeast this morning, as conditions worsen, creating a life-threatening situation for a large portion of the western Alaska coast today, especially in the Seward Peninsula near Nome, which is getting hit hard by blizzard conditions and 70 mph winds, along with 8 foot coastal storm surge.

For more on this powerful storm, click here to visit the NWS office webpage from Fairbanks, Alaska. and the Alaskan region headquarters website, click here.

For satellite imagery in western Alaska, click here.

For storm surge information, and coastal flood charts and forecasts, click here.