High rate of change in weather conditions
Observation: With a high rate of change in weather during a short time period, it makes winter travel planning more challenging. The National Weather Service (NWS), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) posted the weather data for the date of 11/23/15 from about 930 AM to past 1230 PM was a change of wind speed and visibility from E 41 mph blowing snow with overcast and windy of 1 mile to E 27 mph with overcast and breezy with 10 miles, respectively. What I observed from past 930 AM to about 1230 PM was high winds, blowing snow, with little visibility to low winds and more visibility.
Resource: To see the current conditions at Unalakleet (PAUN
), Location - Lat: 63.33 (N) Lon: 160.8 (W) Elv: 20 ft. Once on the website, you may select the 3 day history to view the time frame, wind speed, and visibility, etc., provided by the NWS.
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