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SPSAER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1212 PM AKDT WED MAR 18 2026
AKZ772-191400-
KODIAK ISLAND SOUTHWEST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OLD HARBOR, AKHIOK, KARLUK,
AND LARSEN BAY
1212 PM AKDT WED MAR 18 2026
...RESUSPENDED ASH FROM KATMAI-NOVARUPTA EXPECTED OVER SOUTHWEST
KODIAK ISLAND THROUGH THURSDAY...
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE CURRENTLY RESUSPENDING ASH FROM
THE 1912 KATMAI-NOVARUPTA ERUPTION ACROSS SOUTHWEST KODIAK ISLAND,
CAUSING HAZE AND TRACE AMOUNTS OF ASH ACCUMULATION. COMMUNITIES
MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE KARLUK AND LARSEN BAY.
THOSE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS OR WITH RESPIRATORY AILMENTS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO AVOID OR REDUCE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY TO AVOID INHALING
THE ASH.
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY
EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING BY FRIDAY MORNING.
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