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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
337 AM AKST TUE JAN 6 2026
AKZ752>757-761>766-070200-
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KUSKOKWIM VALLEY WEST-KUSKOKWIM VALLEY EAST-LIME VILLAGE-
KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND-INTERIOR KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
WESTERN CAPES-CENTRAL ALASKA PENINSULA-NORTHERN ALASKA PENINSULA-
BRISTOL BAY BOROUGH (NAKNEK AND KING SALMON)-NORTHERN BRISTOL BAY
COAST-INLAND BRISTOL BAY-LAKE ILIAMNA / NILA VENA / NANVARPAK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KASIGLUK, KWETHLUK, KOLIGANEK, TOGIAK,
TOKSOOK BAY, PORT ALSWORTH, MEKORYUK, MANOKOTAK, NONDALTON,
CROOKED CREEK, ILIAMNA, NEW STUYAHOK, DILLINGHAM, BETHEL, NAKNEK,
ANIAK, KIPNUK, KING SALMON, GOODNEWS BAY, PORT HEIDEN, KOKHANOK,
KALSKAG, SLEETMUTE, QUINHAGAK, PILOT POINT, LIME VILLAGE,
AKIACHAK, ALEKNAGIK, PLATINUM, AND EGEGIK
337 AM AKST TUE JAN 6 2026
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM AKST
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS -40 TO -55. FOR PILOT POINT
AND PORT HEIDEN, VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS -30 TO -45.
* WHERE...LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY, KUSKOKWIM DELTA, WESTERN CAPES,
BRISTOL BAY, AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALASKA PENINSULA.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM AKST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 55 BELOW ZERO
COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 5 MINUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...AIR TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY DROP THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, REACHING AS LOW AS -30 TO -40 DEGREES. BEGINNING
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SUSTAINED WINDS AS HIGH AS 20-30 MPH WILL BRING
WIDESPREAD AREAS OF FRIGID WIND CHILLS, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
WIND CHILLS TO -55 OR LOWER. CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR WHEN THIS COLD
AIR OUTBREAK WILL END, AS THERE IS A CHANCE THAT BITTERLY COLD
CONDITIONS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE. WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, A
HAT, AND GLOVES. REDUCE TIME OUTDOORS IF POSSIBLE.
CHEN
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