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Issued by the National Weather Service - Juneau, AK
Areas Affected: City and Borough of Sitka; Prince of Wales Island
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Wednesday 4:02pm AKST
Alert Effective: Wednesday 4:02pm AKST
Alert Expires: Thursday 12:15am AKST (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Wednesday 6:00pm AKST
Event Ends: Thursday 4:00pm AKST
Issued by: NWS Juneau AK
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THURSDAY... ...PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THURSDAY... .Snow showers are making their way across the gulf and will continue to stream in from the west through Wednesday night. Sea level temperatures from Angoon and Sitka southward are still in the mid to upper 30s as of 3 pm which is resulting in more of a mix in precip type where the showers are starting up. Expect those temperatures to start to decrease later this evening with showers becoming more widespread and precip types at low elevations becoming more snow. Yakutat is already seeing heavier snow showers which will continue to move into that area into early this evening. * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 7 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE...City and Borough of Sitka and Prince of Wales Island. * WHEN...From 6 PM Wednesday to 4 PM AKST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow accumulations will be highly variable with localized locations having a chance of seeing accumulations a few inches higher or lower then the above range.
Slow down and use caution while traveling. People are urged to prepare their property before the onset of winter weather. For the latest road conditions, where available, call 5 1 1 or visit 511.alaska.gov.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.44973de95aebf702929992d2a00f6d42b122dfd3.005.1 Codes: AKZ323, AKZ328 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.44973de95aebf702929992d2a00f6d42b122dfd3.005.1
Areas Affected: Municipality of Skagway; Haines Borough and Klukwan; Glacier Bay; Eastern Chichagof Island; Cape Fairweather to Lisianski Strait; City and Borough of Sitka; Admiralty Island; City and Borough of Juneau; Petersburg Borough; Western Kupreanof and Kuiu Island; City and Borough of Wrangell
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Wednesday 2:30pm AKST
Alert Effective: Wednesday 2:30pm AKST
Alert Expires: Thursday 3:30am AKST
Event Onset: Wednesday 2:30pm AKST
Issued by: NWS Juneau AK
...POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW STARTING SATURDAY... There is an increasing potential for accumulating snow to impact the area starting Saturday and going through the start of next week. Currently, cold air looks to become entrenched in the Inner Channels while moisture is expected to move onshore from the Gulf of Alaska starting this weekend. The highest confidence for snow looks to be around the central panhandle from Wrangell and Petersburg up to the Icy Strait corridor including Juneau. There is some disagreement on the exact location of the heaviest snow which could shift what communities see the most accumulations. Part of this will depend on where the cold air sets up across the Inner Channels. Places that stay south of the colder air will see more rain than snow for precip accumulations. Stay tuned for the latest forecast updates at weather.gov/juneau
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b4f4c5dd1804d4f1ae980ee90f144aeba7008ecd.001.1 Codes: AKZ318, AKZ319, AKZ320, AKZ321, AKZ322, AKZ323, AKZ324, AKZ325, AKZ326, AKZ327, AKZ329 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b4f4c5dd1804d4f1ae980ee90f144aeba7008ecd.001.1