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WWAK72 PAFC 062320
NPWALU
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
220 PM AKST TUE JAN 6 2026
AKZ752>757-761>766-071500-
/O.CON.PAFC.CW.Y.0003.260108T0300Z-260111T0300Z/
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 BETHEL, PILOT POINT, ALEKNAGIK, TOGIAK,
CROOKED CREEK, PLATINUM, PORT HEIDEN, MANOKOTAK, NAKNEK, ANIAK,
KIPNUK, TOKSOOK BAY, LIME VILLAGE, KASIGLUK, PORT ALSWORTH,
GOODNEWS BAY, DILLINGHAM, KOLIGANEK, EGEGIK, KWETHLUK, KALSKAG,
MEKORYUK, SLEETMUTE, KOKHANOK, KING SALMON, NEW STUYAHOK,
ILIAMNA, QUINHAGAK, AKIACHAK, AND NONDALTON
220 PM AKST TUE JAN 6 2026
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS 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. KEEP PETS INDOORS
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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