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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
336 AM AKDT FRI MAR 15 2024
..MORE SNOW FOR THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY
.A FRONT MOVING NORTHWARD TODAY WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE
KLONDIKE HIGHWAY. ALL AREAS FROM SKAGWAY TO THE SUMMIT ARE
EXPECTED TO START OUT AS SNOW THIS MORNING, BUT SKAGWAY IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN SOMETIME IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS
ARE EXPECTED TO RISE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EVENTUALLY
REACHING 2500 FEET BY LATE EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO
DIMINISH.
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MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SKAGWAY AND WHITE PASS
336 AM AKDT FRI MAR 15 2024
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES.
* WHERE...KLONDIKE HIGHWAY ABOVE 1500 FEET
* WHEN...FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...LOWER SNOW TOTALS OF AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES
EXPECTED AT SKAGWAY AND DYEA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE RATHER WET
AND HEAVY ESPECIALLY NEAR SEA LEVEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/JUNEAU
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