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WWAK42 PAFC 151238
WSWALU
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
438 AM AKDT TUE APR 15 2025
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EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AKUTAN, UNALASKA, AND NIKOLSKI
438 AM AKDT TUE APR 15 2025
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKDT THURSDAY
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 20 INCHES, LOWEST AMOUNTS AT SEA LEVEL.
NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITY REDUCED
TO ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* WHERE...EASTERN ALEUTIANS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1 AM AKDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT
IN SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING AND PICKS UP IN
INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY ALONG WITH THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS.
THE WORST CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE BETWEEN EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE SNOW RATES DECREASE. HOWEVER, GUSTY
NORTHERLY WINDS, SNOW SHOWERS, AND POOR VISIBILITY COULD LINGER
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. UNALASKA WILL LIKELY SEE THE WORST
CONDITIONS AND MOST SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH THIS STORM. WITH THE
STORM TRACKING A LITTLE BIT FARTHER TO THE EAST, AKUTAN WILL SEE A
LONGER PERIOD OF SNOW BEFORE WARMER AIR POTENTIALLY WORKS IN TO
CHANGE PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN/SNOW MIX THIS EVENING INTO
TONIGHT. NIKOLSKI WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR ALL SNOW BUT LOOKS TO BE
A LITTLE TOO FAR WEST OF THE MOISTURE AXIS WHICH WILL BE OVER
UNALASKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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SOUTHERN ALASKA PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FALSE PASS, COLD BAY, AND SAND POINT
438 AM AKDT TUE APR 15 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKDT THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 2
TO 6 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. VISIBILITY AS LOW AS
ONE HALF MILE.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN ALASKA PENINSULA, FROM KING COVE WEST.
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 AM AKDT THIS MORNING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING AND PICKS
UP IN INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING ALONG WITH GUSTY EASTERLY
WINDS. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ARE EXPECTED TO
CLIMB INTO THE MID 30S BY THE LATE MORNING, LIMITING BLOWING SNOW
AND ALLOWING FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
CHANGEOVER TO ALL RAIN AROUND NOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
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KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF QUINHAGAK, MEKORYUK, KIPNUK, AND TOKSOOK
BAY
438 AM AKDT TUE APR 15 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45
MPH. VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE.
* WHERE...KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE BEST CHANCE FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
BE NORTH AND WEST OF KIPNUK, INCLUDING TOKSOOK BAY, MERTARVIK, AND
MEKORYUK. FOR LOCATIONS FROM KIPNUK SOUTH AND EAST, TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE 30S DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THE
WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LIMIT THE SEVERITY OF BLOWING SNOW
AND MAY ALLOW FOR RAIN TO MIX IN WITH THE SNOW BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MEANS THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND
EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
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