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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
343 PM AKDT FRI MAY 1 2026
AKZ701-702-711-020700-
ANCHORAGE-ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE / EAGLE RIVER-LOWER MATANUSKA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANCHORAGE, EAGLE RIVER, EKLUTNA,
ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE, UPPER EAGLE RIVER, INDIAN, PALMER, WASILLA,
AND BIG LAKE
343 PM AKDT FRI MAY 1 2026
...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS FOR ANCHORAGE, THE ANCHORAGE
HILLSIDE, AND PALMER THROUGH TONIGHT...
GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE
AND PALMER THROUGH TONIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE
ANCHORAGE BOWL WILL EVENTUALLY TURN SOUTHEASTERLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BEGIN
TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE AND
PALMER. HOWEVER, SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TURNAGAIN
ARM AND BEND INTO THE ANCHORAGE BOWL THROUGH SATURDAY, BUT NOT TO
THEM SAME STRENGTH AS ANTICIPATED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT.
EXPECTED WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT:
PALMER: 40 TO 55 MPH
ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE: 45 TO 65 MPH
ANCHORAGE BOWL: 25 TO 40 MPH
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