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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
258 AM AKDT TUE APR 9 2024
AKZ103-126-100200-
EAST TURNAGAIN ARM-WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GIRDWOOD, PORTAGE, WHITTIER, SEWARD,
AND MOOSE PASS
258 AM AKDT TUE APR 9 2024
...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS EASTERN KENAI
PENINSULA AND EASTERN TURNAGAIN ARM THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN
KENAI PENINSULA AND EASTERN TURNAGAIN ARM THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
THE FIRST OF THESE BANDS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY TO MID
TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE SECOND LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH MID
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS, REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AS LOW AS
ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND
USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS.
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTAGE
GLACIER ROAD, WHERE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL. ELSEWHERE
ALONG THE SEWARD HIGHWAY, 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS, ARE POSSIBLE. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA
ROADS THIS MORNING MAY TURN SLUSHY OR WET BY AFTERNOON AS
TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 30S.
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