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WWAK41 PAFC 190430
WSWAER
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
730 PM AKST SAT JAN 18 2025
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COPPER RIVER BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GLENNALLEN, EUREKA, MCCARTHY, PAXSON,
AND SLANA
730 PM AKST SAT JAN 18 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM
AKST MONDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW, FREEZING RAIN, AND RAIN. FREEZING RAIN ON TOP OF
COLD, SNOW-COVERED ROADS. HEAVY SNOW CLOSER TO THOMPSON PASS AND
SNOW ALONG THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY CORRIDOR FROM GLENNALLEN NORTH
TO PAXSON. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES FOR THE RICHARDSON
HIGHWAY CORRIDOR, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR PAXSON. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS 8 TO 16 INCHES SOUTH OF TONSINA TO THOMPSON PASS.
A GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE SOUTH OF TONSINA.
* WHERE...COPPER RIVER BASIN.
* WHEN...FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM AKST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
ALONG THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY SOUTH OF THE EDGERTON HIGHWAY SOUTH
TO THOMPSON PASS. PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY TYPE OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH MOST
OF THE EVENT. HOWEVER, EXPECT DIMINISHED SNOW AMOUNTS IF THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. RAIN ON SNOW-COVERED ROADS
AND COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SLICK
CONDITIONS. FOR GLENNALLEN NORTH, EXPECT SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ALONG THE NORTHERN COPPER RIVER BASIN, INCLUDING PAXSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT
511.ALASKA.GOV.
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WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHITTIER, SEWARD, AND MOOSE PASS
730 PM AKST SAT JAN 18 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR TURNAGAIN PASS...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO
20 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* WHERE...TURNAGAIN PASS.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND NOON SUNDAY WHERE SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN TURNAGAIN PASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE SEVERELY LIMITED IN
HEAVY SNOWFALL. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
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NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VALDEZ AND THOMPSON PASS
730 PM AKST SAT JAN 18 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 9 AM AKST MONDAY FOR THOMPSON PASS...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO
30 INCHES.
* WHERE...THOMPSON PASS.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN
3 AM AND 3 PM AKST SUNDAY. SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN IS EXPECTED
FOR VALDEZ TO KEYSTONE CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE SEVERELY LIMITED IN
HEAVY SNOWFALL. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
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