阿拉斯加北极海岸暴风雪警告持续至周日，阵风可达60英里每小时
美国国家气象局 Fairbanks 办公室11月13日下午2时59分发布冬季天气紧急消息：阿拉斯加北极海岸暴风雪警告持续生效至周日（11月15日）早晨7时。其中一区涵盖包括 Utqiagvik 在内的北部北极海岸，另一区涵盖 Deadhorse、Prudhoe Bay、Kaktovik、Nuiqsut 等地所在的中东部波弗特海沿岸，警告范围也包括 Dalton Highway 387英里标以北路段。
这轮暴风雪的新增降雪可达2英寸，真正的威胁来自大风与吹雪：阵风周五约45英里/时，周六至周日增强到60英里/时，能见度有时会降到半英里以下。
气象局预计，周六上午之前风势会短暂减弱，真正的峰值在周六下午至周日之间，届时北极海岸社区之间的出行将非常危险。
气象局给出的安全提示是：暴风雪期间出行仅限紧急情况；如必须出门，车上应备齐冬季生存包，一旦途中受困，应留在车内等待救援。
（来源：美国国家气象局）
Blizzard Warning Continues for Alaska's Arctic Coast Through Sunday, With Gusts to 60 mph
In an urgent winter weather message issued at 2:59 p.m. AKST on November 13, the National Weather Service in Fairbanks said a Blizzard Warning remains in effect for Alaska's Arctic coast until 7 a.m. Sunday (November 15). One zone covers the Northern Arctic Coast including Utqiagvik; the other covers the Central and Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, including Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay, Kaktovik and Nuiqsut, and the Dalton Highway north of Milepost 387.
Additional snowfall of up to 2 inches is expected, but wind and blowing snow are the main threat: gusts near 45 mph on Friday strengthen to 60 mph Saturday into Sunday, dropping visibility below one half mile at times.
A lull is expected through Saturday morning, with the strongest winds from Saturday afternoon into Sunday, when travel between Arctic coast communities will be very dangerous.
The Weather Service's safety guidance: travel should be restricted to emergencies only during the blizzard; anyone who must go out should carry a winter survival kit, and anyone stranded should stay with their vehicle and wait for help.
(Source: National Weather Service)
来源：美国国家气象局
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图片来源：图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，Floyd Davidson 摄「Barrow High School 2007-12-08」（CC BY-SA 4.0），图中为冬季极夜中被积雪覆盖的 Utqiagvik（Barrow）街道 Image: Wikimedia Commons, "Barrow High School 2007-12-08" by Floyd Davidson (CC BY-SA 4.0), showing a snow-covered street in Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska, in the dark of winter
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