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WWAK41 PAFC 150141
WSWAER
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
441 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2026
AKZ721-725-150245-
/O.CAN.PAFC.WS.A.0006.260115T0900Z-260116T1500Z/
SOUTHERN KACHEMAK BAY-SOUTHERN KENAI MTNS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SELDOVIA, HALIBUT COVE, NANWALEK, AND
SEWARD
441 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2026
..WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED
RAIN EXPECTED, WHICH MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
AKZ745-747-748-151645-
/O.NEW.PAFC.WS.W.0005.260115T1200Z-260117T0600Z/
WESTERN SUSITNA VALLEY-CENTRAL SUSITNA VALLEY-NORTHERN SUSITNA
VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TALKEETNA, SKWENTNA, DENALI HIGHWAY,
TRAPPER CREEK, BROAD PASS, PETERSVILLE, AND CHULITNA
441 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 9 PM AKST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 12
AND 24 INCHES. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES FROM TALKEETNA
SOUTH.
* WHERE...CENTRAL SUSITNA VALLEY, NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY, AND
WESTERN SUSITNA VALLEY.
* WHEN...FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 9 PM AKST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A WARM AND WET STORM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD
LIGHT SNOW INTO THE SUSITNA VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES
AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL WARM STARTING THURSDAY EVENING. RAIN
MAY MIX IN AT TIMES ALONG THE PARKS HIGHWAY FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH.
RAIN FALLING ON SNOW COVERED AND FROZEN ROADWAYS MAY CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND WET.
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.
FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
AKZ732-744-151645-
/O.NEW.PAFC.WS.W.0005.260116T0000Z-260117T0600Z/
THOMPSON PASS-ERNESTINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TONSINA, THOMPSON PASS, AND 46 MILE
441 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 9 PM AKST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 8 AND 30 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH THROUGH
THOMPSON PASS. HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS THROUGH THOMPSON PASS.
* WHERE...ERNESTINE AND THOMPSON PASS.
* WHEN...FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 9 PM AKST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...LIGHT SNOW BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED
PRIOR TO 3PM THURSDAY. FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO FRIDAY NIGHT A
WARM AND WET ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WILL MOVE OVER THE CHUGACH. WARM
SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION
SNOW TO RAIN OVERNIGHT ON THURSDAY. RAIN FALLING ON SNOW COVERED
AND FROZEN ROADWAYS IS LIKELY TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. DUE TO VARIATIONS IN SNOW LEVEL, CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE
RAPIDLY BASED ON ELEVATION.
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.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS
CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
AKZ703-704-726-727-151645-
/O.UPG.PAFC.WS.A.0006.260115T0900Z-260116T1500Z/
/O.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0009.260115T1200Z-260117T0000Z/
EAST TURNAGAIN ARM-PORTAGE-INTERIOR KENAI PENINSULA-TURNAGAIN
PASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TURNAGAIN PASS, MOOSE PASS, SUMMIT LAKE,
HOPE, PORTAGE, AND GIRDWOOD
441 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 3 PM AKST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW, FREEZING RAIN AND HEAVY RAIN. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 8 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH THROUGH
PORTAGE AND EASTERN TURNAGAIN ARM.
* WHERE...EAST TURNAGAIN ARM, INTERIOR KENAI PENINSULA, AND
TURNAGAIN PASS.
* WHEN...FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 3 PM AKST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING
COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A STRONG FRONT AND ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WILL
MOVE INTO THE EASTERN KENAI PENINSULA AND EASTERN TURNAGAIN ARM
THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS
WILL GRADUALLY RISE THURSDAY TO BETWEEN 1600 AND 2200 FT. HEAVY
RAIN FALLING ON SNOW COVERED AND FROZEN ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HYDROPLANING WILL BE LIKELY IN AREAS. TOTAL
LIQUID AMOUNTS OF 1.8 TO 4.5 INCHES EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
AKZ722>724-151645-
/O.UPG.PAFC.WS.A.0006.260115T0900Z-260116T1500Z/
/O.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0009.260115T1200Z-260117T0000Z/
SW KENAI PENINSULA-NW KENAI PENINSULA-SKILAK LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SKILAK LAKE, STERLING, NINILCHIK, COOPER
LANDING, HOMER, KENAI, SOLDOTNA, NIKISKI, CLAM GULCH, AND ANCHOR
POINT
441 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 3 PM AKST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF
AN INCH POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...NW KENAI PENINSULA, SW KENAI PENINSULA, AND SKILAK LAKE.
* WHEN...FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 3 PM AKST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE STERLING
HIGHWAY THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM STARTING THURSDAY
AFTERNOON, TRANSITIONING PRECIPITATION TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN.
TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT FOR THIS STORM COULD REACH 0.75 TO 1.5
INCHES. RAIN FALLING ON FROZEN AND SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL
CREATE ICY CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
AKZ712-151645-
/O.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0009.260116T0000Z-260117T0300Z/
HATCHER PASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HATCHER PASS
441 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM AKST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES.
RAIN ON SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL CREATE
ICY CONDITIONS.
* WHERE...HATCHER PASS.
* WHEN...FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM AKST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
AKZ701-702-711-713-746-151645-
/O.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0009.260116T0300Z-260117T0600Z/
ANCHORAGE-ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE / EAGLE RIVER-LOWER MATANUSKA VALLEY-
SUTTON / UPPER MATANUSKA VALLEY-SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF UPPER EAGLE RIVER, ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE,
BIG LAKE, CHICKALOON, WASILLA, WILLOW, SUTTON, ANCHORAGE, EAGLE
RIVER, EKLUTNA, INDIAN, AND PALMER
441 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 9 PM AKST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1
TO 4 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAIN. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH.
* WHERE...ANCHORAGE AND EAGLE RIVER (ALL ELEVATIONS), MATANUSKA
VALLEY, AND SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 9 PM AKST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES.
VERY STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER
LINES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A WARM AND WET SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
TOMORROW, GRADUALLY INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND SOUTHEASTERLY
WINDS. OVERNIGHT ON THURSDAY, LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL DEVELOP
AND SPREAD OVER ANCHORAGE, THE MAT VALLEY AND SOUTHERN SUSITNA
VALLEY. RAIN FALLING ONTO FROZEN AND SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL
CREATE ICY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
AKZ742-743-749-751-151645-
/O.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0009.260116T0300Z-260117T0600Z/
WESTERN COPPER VALLEY-CENTRAL COPPER VALLEY-SOUTHERN COPPER
VALLEY-MCCARTHY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GAKONA, MENDELTNA, TOLSONA, COPPER
CENTER, MCCARTHY, NELCHINA, KENNY LAKE, GLENNALLEN, AND CHITINA
441 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 9 PM AKST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1
TO 6 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.
SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH.
* WHERE...CENTRAL COPPER VALLEY, MCCARTHY, SOUTHERN COPPER VALLEY,
AND WESTERN COPPER VALLEY.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 9 PM AKST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A WARM AND WET SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE
COPPER VALLEY THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
WARM TEMPERATURES TO CREATE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY
ON FRIDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN COPPER
VALLEY. RAIN FALLING ONTO FROZEN AND SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
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