Weather Alerts For Cape Lisburne, AK

Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 249 PM AKST Tue Feb 3 2026 Western Arctic Coast-Northwest Arctic Coast-Northern Arctic Coast- Central Beaufort Sea Coast-Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast- Western Arctic Plains-Howard Pass and the Delong Mountains- Central Arctic Plains-Central Brooks Range-Romanzof Mountains- Including Point Hope, Point Lay, Cape Lisburne, Wainwright, Atqasuk, Utqiagvik, Nuiqsut, Prudhoe Bay, Alpine, Deadhorse, Kuparuk, the Dalton Highway north of MP 387, Kaktovik, Flaxman Island, Point Thomson, Umiat, Howard Pass, Sagwon, Franklin Bluffs, the Dalton Highway from MP 322 to MP 387, Anaktuvuk Pass, Atigun Pass, Galbraith Lake, the Dalton Highway from MP 232 to MP 322, and Headwaters of the Canning River 249 PM AKST Tue Feb 3 2026 ...Very Cold Wind Chills and Periods of Blowing Snow This Week... East winds persist across the Arctic Coast this week as an Arctic High remains in place north of Wrangel Island. This, combined with a cold airmass is bringing wind chills as low as -50 F, northeast winds 15 to 35 mph with higher gusts, and periods of blowing snow. An area of open water off the coast from Utqiagvik to Point Lay is limiting the duration of blowing snow along the northwest coast, though brief periods of blizzard conditions will continue. Wind chills may approach -60 F through Wednesday night. Northerly winds through Brooks Range passes will also be persistent through the week. This will bring areas of blowing snow and very cold wind chills.