847  
WWAK41 PAFC 190451 AAA  
WSWAER  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK  
751 PM AKST SAT JAN 18 2025  
 
AKZ126-191800-  
/O.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-250120T0900Z/  
WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHITTIER, SEWARD, AND MOOSE PASS  
751 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
AKZ132-191800-  
/O.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0009.250119T0900Z-250120T1800Z/  
NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VALDEZ AND THOMPSON PASS  
751 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. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.  
 
* 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
AKZ142-191800-  
/O.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0009.250119T1200Z-250120T1500Z/  
COPPER RIVER BASIN-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GLENNALLEN, EUREKA, MCCARTHY, PAXSON,  
AND SLANA  
751 PM AKST SAT JAN 18 2025  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS 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 5 TO 10 INCHES FOR THE  
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY CORRIDOR, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR  
PAXSON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 20 INCHES SOUTH OF TONSINA TO  
THOMPSON PASS. A GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE SOUTH OF  
TONSINA. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH NEAR THOMPSON PASS.  
 
* 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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