693  
WWAK81 PAFC 140141  
SPSAER  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK  
441 PM AKST TUE JAN 13 2026  
 
AKZ701-711-140500-  
ANCHORAGE-LOWER MATANUSKA VALLEY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANCHORAGE, EAGLE RIVER, EKLUTNA, PALMER,  
WASILLA, AND BIG LAKE  
441 PM AKST TUE JAN 13 2026  
 
...SNOW ACROSS THE ANCHORAGE BOWL AND MATANUSKA VALLEY FOR THE  
EVENING COMMUTE...  
 
A BAND OF STEADY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE ANCHORAGE BOWL AND  
MATANUSKA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 4:30 PM, THIS AREA OF SNOW IS  
HEAVIEST FROM MIDTOWN ANCHORAGE NORTHEAST ALONG THE GLENN HIGHWAY  
CORRIDOR. VISIBILITIES MAY BRIEFLY FALL TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT  
TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE  
INCH POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL ALSO BE EASILY LOFTED BY VEHICLES,  
LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON AREA ROADWAYS.  
THE STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TONIGHT BEFORE AS SECOND  
ROUND OF SNOW DEVELOPS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY.  
 
 
 
AKZ722-723-140500-  
SW KENAI PENINSULA-NW KENAI PENINSULA-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOMER, ANCHOR POINT, NINILCHIK,  
CLAM GULCH, KENAI, SOLDOTNA, STERLING, AND NIKISKI  
441 PM AKST TUE JAN 13 2026  
 
...SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA FOR THE EVENING  
COMMUTE...  
 
A BAND OF STEADY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WESTERN KENAI  
PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 4:30 PM, THIS AREA OF SNOW IS  
HEAVIEST ALONG THE STERLING HIGHWAY CORRIDOR. VISIBILITIES MAY  
BRIEFLY FALL TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS  
WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL  
ALSO BE EASILY LOFTED BY VEHICLES, LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY  
REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON AREA ROADWAYS. THE STEADY SNOW IS  
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TONIGHT BEFORE AS SECOND ROUND OF SNOW  
DEVELOPS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY.  
 
 
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