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WWAK43 PAFG 212031
WSWAFG
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1131 AM AKST SUN DEC 21 2025
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WHITE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH TERRAIN SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER-UPPER
CHENA RIVER VALLEY-TANANA FLATS-EIELSON AFB AND SALCHA-GOLDSTREAM
VALLEY AND NENANA HILLS-CHATANIKA RIVER VALLEY-TWO RIVERS-
FAIRBANKS METRO AREA-NENANA-CENTRAL INTERIOR-NORTHERN DENALI
BOROUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BIRCH LAKE, THE ELLIOTT HIGHWAY FROM MP
1 TO MP 32, CHENA HOT SPRINGS, EIELSON AFB, CHENA HOT SPRINGS
ROAD FROM MP 12 TO MP 34, CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD EAST OF MP 34,
EAGLE SUMMIT, FORT WAINWRIGHT, FAIRBANKS, ESTER, TWELVEMILE
SUMMIT, HEALY, HARDING LAKE, RAMPART, MINTO, THE STEESE HIGHWAY
FROM MP 12 TO MP 85, MOOSE CREEK, TANANA, THE PARKS HIGHWAY FROM
MP 290 TO 325, SALCHA, KANTISHNA, THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 0 TO
MP 38, THE ELLIOTT HIGHWAY FROM MP 32 TO MP 134, THE PARKS
HIGHWAY FROM MP 237 TO MP 288, NENANA, FOX, TWO RIVERS, CIRCLE
HOT SPRINGS, THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM MP 295 TO MP 317, ESTER
DOME, NORTH POLE, LIVENGOOD, DENALI NATIONAL PARK, ANDERSON, THE
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM MP 317 TO MP 346, HAYSTACK, THE STEESE
HIGHWAY FROM MP 85 TO MP 124, THE PARKS HIGHWAY FROM MP 325 TO MP
342, MURPHY DOME, LAKE MINCHUMINA, AND MANLEY HOT SPRINGS
1131 AM AKST SUN DEC 21 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. FOR FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH AND
CENTRAL INTERIOR, TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES
POSSIBLE. FOR THE WESTERN ALASKA RANGE, TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 7 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE. ABOVE 2,000 FEET, WIND GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH, CENTRAL INTERIOR, WESTERN
ALASKA RANGE.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. SLOW DOWN AND USE
CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. RESUSPENDED SNOW FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON AREA ROADWAYS.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE REGION BY TUESDAY NIGHT OR VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THERE IS INCREASING CONFIDENCE THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 6AM AND 6PM WEDNESDAY BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING
OFF THURSDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE
ALONG THE WESTERN FACING SLOPES OF THE ALASKA RANGE. WINDS WILL BE
BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AT
HIGHER ELEVATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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