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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
309 PM AKDT TUE SEP 9 2025
AKZ802>810-110000-
NORTHWEST ARCTIC COAST-NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
WESTERN ARCTIC PLAINS-HOWARD PASS AND THE DELONG MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL ARCTIC PLAINS-CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE-ROMANZOF MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING WAINWRIGHT, ATQASUK, UTQIAGVIK, NUIQSUT, PRUDHOE BAY,
ALPINE, DEADHORSE, KUPARUK, THE DALTON HIGHWAY NORTH OF MP 387,
KAKTOVIK, FLAXMAN ISLAND, POINT THOMSON, UMIAT, HOWARD PASS,
SAGWON, FRANKLIN BLUFFS,
THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 322 TO MP 387, ANAKTUVUK PASS,
ATIGUN PASS, GALBRAITH LAKE,
THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 232 TO MP 322,
AND HEADWATERS OF THE CANNING RIVER
309 PM AKDT TUE SEP 9 2025
...ACCUMULATING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
ACCUMULATING WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ALONG A FRONT FROM
THE SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY WITH
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO START WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF
WET SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
THE NORTH SLOPE. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED FOR MOST
OF THE ARCTIC PLAINS AND ALONG THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST, WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST WHERE ON-
SHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY WARMER
RESULTING IN MORE OF A RAIN/SNOW MIX. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OCCUR
IN THE BROOKS RANGE, INCLUDING ATIGUN AND ANAKTUVUK PASS, WHERE
TOTALS WILL BE AROUND 4 TO 7 INCHES. DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED
THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. HUNTERS, RECREATORS, AND TRAVELERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE FOR WINTRY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST FOR
UPDATES.
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