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WWAK41 PAFC 021128  
WSWAER  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK  
228 AM AKST TUE DEC 2 2025  
 
AKZ723-724-021800-  
/O.EXB.PAFC.WW.Y.0051.251202T1200Z-251202T1800Z/  
NW KENAI PENINSULA-SKILAK LAKE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COOPER LANDING, SKILAK LAKE, NIKISKI,  
SOLDOTNA, STERLING, AND KENAI  
228 AM AKST TUE DEC 2 2025  
   
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING  
 
* WHAT...FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH  
OF AN INCH.  
 
* WHERE...NW KENAI PENINSULA AND SKILAK LAKE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS  
COULD IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A SWATH OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT WILL  
MOVE THROUGH THE KENAI PENINSULA EARLY THIS MORNING. MANY  
LOCATIONS DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 20S OVERNIGHT AND WILL REMAIN  
CLOSE TO FREEZING AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES ACROSS. FREEZING  
RAIN IS LIKELY IN MANY OF THE TYPICALLY-COOLER SPOTS ACROSS THE  
NORTHERN KENAI PENINSULA. EVEN IN LOCATIONS THAT RISE ABOVE  
FREEZING, GROUND TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.  
ADDITIONALLY, RAIN ON PACKED SNOW MAY ALSO CREATE SLICK  
CONDITIONS. PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.  
 
 
 
 
 
AKZ726-727-021800-  
/O.EXB.PAFC.WW.Y.0051.251202T1200Z-251202T1800Z/  
INTERIOR KENAI PENINSULA-TURNAGAIN PASS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TURNAGAIN PASS, SUMMIT LAKE, MOOSE PASS,  
AND HOPE  
228 AM AKST TUE DEC 2 2025  
   
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A  
LIGHT GLAZE.  
 
* WHERE...INTERIOR KENAI PENINSULA AND TURNAGAIN PASS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS  
COULD IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A SWATH OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT WILL  
MOVE THROUGH THE KENAI PENINSULA EARLY THIS MORNING. MANY  
LOCATIONS DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 20S OVERNIGHT AND WILL REMAIN  
CLOSE TO FREEZING AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES ACROSS. FREEZING  
RAIN IS LIKELY IN MANY OF THE TYPICALLY-COOLER SPOTS ACROSS THE  
NORTHERN KENAI PENINSULA. EVEN IN LOCATIONS THAT RISE ABOVE  
FREEZING, GROUND TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.  
ADDITIONALLY, RAIN ON PACKED SNOW MAY ALSO CREATE SLICK  
CONDITIONS. PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.  
 
 
 
 
 
AKZ741-748-030230-  
/O.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0051.000000T0000Z-251203T1600Z/  
NORTHERN COPPER VALLEY-NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DENALI HIGHWAY, CHULITNA, PAXSON, AND  
BROAD PASS  
228 AM AKST TUE DEC 2 2025  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKST  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...NORTHERN COPPER VALLEY ALONG THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM  
MILE MARKER 150 TO MILE MARKER 200, AND NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY  
NORTH OF TALKEETNA AND THROUGH BROAD PASS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 AM AKST WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM LATE THIS  
MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY. FOR  
NORTHERN COPPER VALLEY, THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM THIS  
AFTERNOON THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.  
 
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE  
DRIVING.  
 
 
 
 
 
AKZ746-747-030230-  
/O.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0051.000000T0000Z-251203T1600Z/  
SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY-CENTRAL SUSITNA VALLEY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLOW, TALKEETNA, PETERSVILLE, AND  
TRAPPER CREEK  
228 AM AKST TUE DEC 2 2025  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKST  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS  
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A LIGHT GLAZE UP TO  
0.15 INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...CENTRAL SUSITNA VALLEY AND SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY, ALONG  
THE PARKS HIGHWAY FROM HOUSTON NORTH TO TALKEETNA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 AM AKST WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PRECIPITATION WILL PREDOMINANTLY BE LIGHT  
FREEZING RAIN FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
HOWEVER, DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING,  
SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.  
 
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE  
DRIVING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, WATCH YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS TAKEN  
ON STAIRS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRIVEWAYS. THESE SURFACES COULD BE ICY AND  
SLIPPERY, INCREASING YOUR RISK OF A FALL AND INJURY.  
 
 
 
 
 
AKZ701-702-711-022100-  
/O.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0051.251202T1400Z-251202T2100Z/  
ANCHORAGE-ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE / EAGLE RIVER-LOWER MATANUSKA VALLEY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EAGLE RIVER, INDIAN, PALMER, ANCHORAGE,  
UPPER EAGLE RIVER, BIG LAKE, EKLUTNA, ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE, AND  
WASILLA  
228 AM AKST TUE DEC 2 2025  
   
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY  
 
* WHAT...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A  
LIGHT GLAZE.  
 
* WHERE...ANCHORAGE, EAGLE RIVER, AND LOWER MATANUSKA VALLEY  
(INCLUDING PALMER AND WASILLA).  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.  
THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING AND  
EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...LIGHT RAIN, IN COMBINATION WITH SURFACE  
TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND FREEZING, MAY LEAD TO A LIGHT GLAZE OF  
ICING ON ALREADY-ICY SIDE AND NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.  
 
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE  
DRIVING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, WATCH YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS TAKEN  
ON STAIRS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRIVEWAYS. THESE SURFACES COULD BE ICY AND  
SLIPPERY, INCREASING YOUR RISK OF A FALL AND INJURY.  
 
 
 
 
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