890
WWAK73 PAFG 050025
NPWAFG
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
325 PM AKST THU DEC 4 2025
AKZ833-838>847-060100-
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YUKON FLATS-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, FORT WAINWRIGHT, NENANA,
MOOSE CREEK, DENALI NATIONAL PARK, HAYSTACK, HARDING LAKE, TWO
RIVERS, BEAVER, VENETIE, THE PARKS HIGHWAY FROM MP 325 TO MP 342,
MANLEY HOT SPRINGS, MURPHY DOME, THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM MP
295 TO MP 317, THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM MP 317 TO MP 346,
NORTH POLE, ESTER DOME, CIRCLE, THE STEESE HIGHWAY NORTH OF MP
124, FORT YUKON, CHENA HOT SPRINGS, ANDERSON, RAMPART, HEALY,
SALCHA, THE PARKS HIGHWAY FROM MP 290 TO 325, TANANA, KANTISHNA,
MINTO, THE STEESE HIGHWAY FROM MP 12 TO MP 85, CHENA HOT SPRINGS
ROAD FROM MP 12 TO MP 34, STEVENS VILLAGE, LAKE MINCHUMINA, FOX,
ESTER, CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD EAST OF MP 34, THE ELLIOTT HIGHWAY
FROM MP 1 TO MP 32, EIELSON AFB, FAIRBANKS, THE PARKS HIGHWAY
FROM MP 237 TO MP 288, AND CENTRAL
325 PM AKST THU DEC 4 2025
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM FRIDAY TO 3 PM
AKST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 55 BELOW EXPECTED.
* WHERE...YUKON FLATS, FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH, CENTRAL
INTERIOR, AND THE NORTHERN DENALI BOROUGH.
* WHEN...FROM 9 PM FRIDAY TO 3 PM AKST SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 55 BELOW ZERO
COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 5 MINUTES.
WIND CHILL VALUES CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN INTERIOR
VALLEYS FRIDAY WARM OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS GUSTY WINDS DISRUPT
STRONG TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
SATURDAY WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN INTERIOR VALLEYS.
THESE GUSTS WILL NOT BE CONSISTENT AND MAY ONLY OCCASIONALLY REACH
THE BOTTOM OF SOME VALLEYS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED
WHEN THESE GUSTS DO REACH VALLEY FLOORS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE. WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, A
HAT, AND GLOVES.
AJS
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