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WWAK42 PAFC 211159
WSWALU
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
359 AM AKDT TUE APR 21 2026
AKZ756-220200-
/O.EXA.PAFC.WW.Y.0043.260422T0000Z-260422T1800Z/
INTERIOR KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AKIACHAK, KASIGLUK, KWETHLUK, AND BETHEL
359 AM AKDT TUE APR 21 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10
AM AKDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO 3 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. VISIBILITY REDUCED
TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES NORTH AND WEST OF BETHEL. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A LIGHT GLAZE.
* WHERE...INTERIOR KUSKOKWIM DELTA.
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE BERING WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL BEGINNING THIS
AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN FIRST OVER MEKORYUK, WITH STRONGER
WINDS AND GUSTS MOVING IN OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL SEE THE MOST PRONOUNCED IMPACTS FROM SNOW AND
WINDS, HOWEVER TOKSOOK BAY WILL SEE SIMILAR CONDITIONS BY TUESDAY
EVENING. THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF BETHEL WILL SEE BLOWING SNOW
AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL. AREAS FURTHER INLAND AND SOUTH ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUTSIDE THE CORE OF THE WINDS. A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR BOTH THE COAST AND
INLAND AREAS (INCLUDING BETHEL) EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
AKZ755-220200-
/O.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0043.260422T0000Z-260422T1800Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KIPNUK, QUINHAGAK, MEKORYUK, AND TOKSOOK
BAY
359 AM AKDT TUE APR 21 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO 7 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. VISIBILITY REDUCED
TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A LIGHT GLAZE.
* WHERE...NUNIVAK ISLAND AND WESTERN KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST INCLUDING
TOKSOOK BAY.
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE BERING WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL BEGINNING THIS
AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN FIRST OVER MEKORYUK, WITH STRONGER
WINDS AND GUSTS MOVING IN OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL SEE THE MOST PRONOUNCED IMPACTS FROM SNOW AND
WINDS, HOWEVER TOKSOOK BAY WILL SEE SIMILAR CONDITIONS BY TUESDAY
EVENING. THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF BETHEL WILL SEE BLOWING SNOW
AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL. AREAS FURTHER INLAND AND SOUTH ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUTSIDE THE CORE OF THE WINDS. A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR BOTH THE COAST AND
INLAND AREAS (INCLUDING BETHEL) EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
JAR
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