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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1129 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
1129 AM AKDT FRI MAR 15 2024
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT
THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES.
* WHERE...KLONDIKE HIGHWAY ABOVE 1500 FEET.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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 WET AND
HEAVY 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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