Blizzard is raging, snow plows have given up, everything in town has shut down and I am enjoying a nice morning drinking coffee listening to the wind howl.

AKZ209-180615-
BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK
500 AM AKST THU FEB 17 2011
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW
ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES. HIGHS 5 TO 15 ABOVE. EAST WINDS 35 TO
50 MPH. GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
.TONIGHT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW
ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. SOUTHEAST WINDS
35 TO 50 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 10 BELOW TO
15 BELOW ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH.
.SATURDAY...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING. HIGHS AROUND
10 BELOW. WEST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS NEAR
15 BELOW.