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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
203 PM AKST SUN FEB 22 2026
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF YAKUTAT-MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-
HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-
CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO LISIANSKI STRAIT-CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA-
ADMIRALTY ISLAND-CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-PETERSBURG BOROUGH-
WESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND AND KUIU ISLAND-
CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF YAKUTAT, SKAGWAY, WHITE PASS, HAINES,
GUSTAVUS, HOONAH, TENAKEE SPRINGS, ELFIN COVE, PELICAN, SITKA,
ANGOON, JUNEAU, PETERSBURG, KAKE, PORT ALEXANDER, AND WRANGELL
203 PM AKST SUN FEB 22 2026
..PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A PATTERN CHANGE BEGINS TUESDAY AS CLEAR AND COLD CONDITIONS GIVE
WAY TO ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR THE PANHANDLE BY THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK AS A SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHERN GULF. CURRENT
EXPECTATION IS SNOW WILL BE SLOW TO ACCUMULATE, WITH THIS EVENT
PROVING TO BE LONGER IN DURATION WITH FORECAST ACCUMULATIONS
AROUND 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW STARTING TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE FOR AREAS NORTH OF SUMNER STRAIT,
THOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF WARMING CONDITIONS LATE TUESDAY WILL SEE
SOME AREAS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BRIEFLY,
BEFORE COOLER AIR RETURNS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY WILL SEE
SNOW SHOWERS BECOME INCREASINGLY PREDOMINANT, WITH HIGHLY VARIABLE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AS THE LOW MOVES SOUTH.
STAY TUNED FOR LATEST FORECAST UPDATES AT WEATHER.GOV/JUNEAU
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