Blizzard Warning Restricts Travel on Alaska's Beaufort Sea Coast
The National Weather Service's Fairbanks, Alaska, office issued a Blizzard Warning at 6:07 a.m. AKST on Nov. 13, 2026, for the Central and Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast and the Northern Arctic Coast of Alaska's North Slope, in effect until 7 a.m. AKST on Nov. 15, 2026. A Blizzard Warning is the most serious of the agency's three severe-weather product tiers, issued when hazardous conditions are already happening or expected very soon.
The warning calls for winds gusting as high as 45 mph through Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, increasing to as high as 60 mph from Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, into Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026, with blowing snow that could reduce visibility below half a mile at times and up to two inches of additional snow accumulation.
The agency told residents to restrict travel to emergencies only, carry a winter survival kit if they must go out, and stay with their vehicle if they become stranded. Blowing and falling snow with strong winds were likely to produce whiteout conditions that would make travel extremely dangerous, it said.
