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WWAK41 PAFC 190448
WSWAER
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
848 PM AKDT WED MAR 18 2026
AKZ735-191400-
/O.EXB.PAFC.WW.Y.0036.260319T0900Z-260320T0100Z/
CORDOVA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TATITLEK AND CORDOVA
848 PM AKDT WED MAR 18 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM AKDT
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE.
* WHERE...CORDOVA AND TATITLEK.
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM AKDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
AND OR SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH OR MORE PER HOUR IN HEAVIER SNOW
SHOWERS COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE OVER THE
REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE. EXPECT
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AT TIMES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND MAY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY THURSDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
AKZ732-191400-
/O.EXB.PAFC.WW.Y.0036.260319T1200Z-260320T0300Z/
THOMPSON PASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF THOMPSON PASS
848 PM AKDT WED MAR 18 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM AKDT
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.
VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE.
* WHERE...THOMPSON PASS.
* WHEN...FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM AKDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA
BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS PERSIST THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, THE
STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT MORE EASTERLY BY
THURSDAY EVENING AND DIMINISH SLIGHTLY IN INTENSITY, REDUCING THE
POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
AKZ728-191400-
/O.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-260320T0000Z/
WEST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND & WHITTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHITTIER AND CHENEGA
848 PM AKDT WED MAR 18 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* WHERE...WHITTIER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL
COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW MOVING IN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
WILL COINCIDE WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THROUGH WHITTIER.
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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