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WSWAER
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1159 PM AKST SUN JAN 19 2025
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WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHITTIER, SEWARD, AND MOOSE PASS
1159 PM AKST SUN JAN 19 2025
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT
HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE EASTERN KENAI
PENINSULA, THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
CONTINUED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOWFALL AND LOWER
ELEVATION LIGHT RAIN MAY LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO THE
MORNING HOURS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVELING IN
THIS AREA AS UNTREATED ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES MAY REMAIN SLICK,
EVEN AFTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED.
AKZ132-201800-
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NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VALDEZ AND THOMPSON PASS
1159 PM AKST SUN JAN 19 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST
MONDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH
SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES.
VISIBILITY REDUCED TO 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH
AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...THOMPSON PASS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW
POSSIBLE NEAR THE SUMMIT OF THOMPSON PASS THIS EVENING. SNOW
CHANGING TO RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR VALDEZ TO KEYSTONE CANYON.
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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COPPER RIVER BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GLENNALLEN, EUREKA, MCCARTHY, PAXSON,
AND SLANA
1159 PM AKST SUN JAN 19 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES FOR THE
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY CORRIDOR, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR
PAXSON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10 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...UNTIL 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 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 TO CHISTOCHINA, EXPECT
PERIODS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW
TONIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS 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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