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WOCN10 CYXY 050701
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
10.39 PM PST SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2006.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR..
THE SOUTHWESTERN YUKON.
AN INTENSE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE YUKON FROM THE SOUTHWEST
TONIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY BRINGING POTENTIALLY
HEAVY SNOWFALLS TO THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. UP TO 25 CM OF TOTAL
SNOWFALL IS CURRENTLY FORECAST FOR THE HAINES - SKAGWAY ROADS BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY..STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
OVER TO THE TOWNS OF WHITEHORSE AND BURWASH LANDING TONIGHT WITH
WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 KM/H EXPECTED TO AFFECT BURWASH AND SLIGHTLY
LESSER INTENSITIES IN WHITEHORSE.
AS CONFIDENCE INCREASES IN THE PRECISE TRACK AND INTENSITY
OF THIS STORM WEATHER WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR SNOWFALL IN THE
PASSES AND FOR STRONG WINDS IN THE VALLEY BOTTOMS. PLEASE MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WEATHER WARNINGS.
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