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SPSAER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
320 PM AKST TUE DEC 16 2025
AKZ772-171500-
KODIAK ISLAND SOUTHWEST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OLD HARBOR, AKHIOK, KARLUK,
AND LARSEN BAY
320 PM AKST TUE DEC 16 2025
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SHELIKOF STRAIT
AND THE WATERS AROUND SOUTHERN KODIAK ISLAND. THESE WINDS HAVE
RESUSPENDED ASH FROM THE 1912 KATMAI-NOVARUPTA ERUPTION,
POTENTIALLY CAUSING HAZE AND TRACE AMOUNTS OF ASH ACCUMULATION.
THE VILLAGES OF KARLUK, LARSEN BAY, AND AKHIOK ARE MOST LIKELY TO
BE IMPACTED.
THOSE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS OR WITH RESPIRATORY AILMENTS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO AVOID OR REDUCE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY TO AVOID INHALING
THE ASH.
AKZ701>704-711>713-721>728-731-732-746>748-171500-
ANCHORAGE-ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE / EAGLE RIVER-EAST TURNAGAIN ARM-
PORTAGE-LOWER MATANUSKA VALLEY-HATCHER PASS-
SUTTON / UPPER MATANUSKA VALLEY-SOUTHERN KACHEMAK BAY-
SW KENAI PENINSULA-NW KENAI PENINSULA-SKILAK LAKE-
SOUTHERN KENAI MTNS-INTERIOR KENAI PENINSULA-TURNAGAIN PASS-
WEST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND & WHITTIER-VALDEZ-THOMPSON PASS-
SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY-CENTRAL SUSITNA VALLEY-
NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANCHORAGE, EAGLE RIVER, EKLUTNA,
ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE, UPPER EAGLE RIVER, INDIAN, GIRDWOOD, PORTAGE,
PALMER, WASILLA, BIG LAKE, HATCHER PASS, SUTTON, CHICKALOON,
SELDOVIA, HALIBUT COVE, NANWALEK, HOMER, ANCHOR POINT, NINILCHIK,
CLAM GULCH, KENAI, SOLDOTNA, STERLING, NIKISKI, COOPER LANDING,
SKILAK LAKE, SEWARD, MOOSE PASS, SUMMIT LAKE, HOPE,
TURNAGAIN PASS, WHITTIER, CHENEGA, VALDEZ, THOMPSON PASS, WILLOW,
TALKEETNA, TRAPPER CREEK, PETERSVILLE, CHULITNA, BROAD PASS,
AND DENALI HIGHWAY
320 PM AKST TUE DEC 16 2025
...PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND...
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF COLDER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY
NORTHERLY WINDS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. STRONG WINDS WILL BE MOST FAVORED
THROUGH MOUNTAIN GAPS AND PASSES, INCLUDING BROAD PASS, THOMPSON
PASS, RESURRECTION BAY, PASSAGE CANAL AND THE MATANUSKA VALLEY.
AIR TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE NEGATIVE 10S TO 10S ABOVE AS
ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE REGION, WITH THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES LIKELY OVER INTERIOR VALLEYS AND WHERE WINDS REMAIN
LIGHT. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES COULD DIP AS LOW AS 10 TO 20
DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT TIMES, POSSIBLY EVEN LOWER NEAR THOMPSON
PASS.
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE AND WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING
FOR VERY COLD TEMPERATURES DURING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. STAY TUNED
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