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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1245 PM AKDT FRI OCT 23 2026
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SOUTH SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WISEMAN, THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP
165 TO MP 232, COLDFOOT, INIAKUK LAKE, AND CHANDALAR DOT CAMP
1245 PM AKDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10
PM AKDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 8 TO
16 INCHES. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...SOUTH SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE.
* WHEN...FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE SNOW WILL COME IN TWO WAVES. THE FIRST
WILL BE ON SATURDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS
AROUND 4 TO 8 INCHES. THERE WILL BE A BREAK WITH LIGHTER SNOW
SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. HEAVIER SNOW RETURNS MONDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8
INCHES OF SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV OR CALL 5 1 1
FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS.
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UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALLAKAKET, BETTLES, ALATNA, AND EVANSVILLE
1245 PM AKDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO
10 PM AKDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 9
INCHES AND A GLAZE OF ICE. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.
* WHERE...UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY.
* WHEN...FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE SNOW WILL COME IN TWO WAVES. SNOW IS MORE
LIKELY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES
EXPECTED. THERE WILL BE A BREAK WITH LIGHTER SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT. ON MONDAY, SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE MORNING WITH 1 TO 3
INCHES EXPECTED BUT RAIN BECOMES MORE LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON AS
WARMER TEMPERATURES INTRUDE AND THIS WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL TOTALS.
ANY RAIN WILL ACT AS FREEZING RAIN AND ACCRETE ON SURFACES BELOW
FREEZING. THIS COULD MAKE FOR SLICK CONDITIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
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