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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
924 PM AKST TUE DEC 30 2025
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ANCHORAGE-ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE / EAGLE RIVER-EAST TURNAGAIN ARM-
LOWER MATANUSKA VALLEY-HATCHER PASS-
SUTTON / UPPER MATANUSKA VALLEY-EUREKA / TAHNETA PASS-
SOUTHERN KACHEMAK BAY-SW KENAI PENINSULA-NW KENAI PENINSULA-
SKILAK LAKE-SOUTHERN KENAI MTNS-INTERIOR KENAI PENINSULA-
TURNAGAIN PASS-WEST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND & WHITTIER-TYONEK-VALDEZ-
THOMPSON PASS-CORDOVA-NORTHERN COPPER VALLEY-
WESTERN COPPER VALLEY-CENTRAL COPPER VALLEY-ERNESTINE-
WESTERN SUSITNA VALLEY-SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY-
CENTRAL SUSITNA VALLEY-NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY-
SOUTHERN COPPER VALLEY-TOK CUTOFF-MCCARTHY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANCHORAGE, EAGLE RIVER, EKLUTNA,
ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE, UPPER EAGLE RIVER, INDIAN, GIRDWOOD, PALMER,
WASILLA, BIG LAKE, HATCHER PASS, SUTTON, CHICKALOON, EUREKA,
TAHNETA PASS, LAKE LOUISE, SELDOVIA, HALIBUT COVE, NANWALEK,
HOMER, ANCHOR POINT, NINILCHIK, CLAM GULCH, KENAI, SOLDOTNA,
STERLING, NIKISKI, COOPER LANDING, SKILAK LAKE, SEWARD,
MOOSE PASS, SUMMIT LAKE, HOPE, TURNAGAIN PASS, WHITTIER, CHENEGA,
TYONEK, VALDEZ, THOMPSON PASS, CORDOVA, TATITLEK, PAXSON,
NELCHINA, TOLSONA, MENDELTNA, GLENNALLEN, GAKONA, COPPER CENTER,
TONSINA, 46 MILE, SKWENTNA, WILLOW, TALKEETNA, TRAPPER CREEK,
PETERSVILLE, CHULITNA, BROAD PASS, DENALI HIGHWAY, KENNY LAKE,
CHITINA, CHISTOCHINA, SLANA, MENTASTA LAKE, NEBESNA, AND MCCARTHY
924 PM AKST TUE DEC 30 2025
..RETURN OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES LATER THIS WEEK
CLEARING SKIES AND A COOLING AIRMASS WILL BRING WELL BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES BEGINNING THURSDAY, WITH READINGS CONTINUING TO FALL
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO VARY
SIGNIFICANTLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO WIND AND TERRAIN
EFFECTS, WITH THE COLDEST CONDITIONS OCCURRING IN LOW-LYING,
WIND-SHELTERED AREAS. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE COPPER VALLEY COULD
REACH -35F TO -45F WITH WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR OR BELOW -55F. THE
SUSITNA VALLEY COULD REACH -35F IN LOW LAYING AREAS LIKE WILLOW.
FOR THE MATANUSKA VALLEY, ANCHORAGE AND KENAI PENINSULA, LOW
TEMPERATURES BETWEEN -5F AND -25F ARE EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES
MAY REMAIN BELOW 0F BY THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES
WARMER THROUGH THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND COMMUNITIES, BUT WIND
CHILL VALUES BETWEEN -10F AND -25F ARE EXPECTED.
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