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WWAK42 PAFC 212250
WSWALU
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
250 PM AKDT TUE APR 21 2026
AKZ755-756-221400-
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KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND-INTERIOR KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TOKSOOK BAY, KIPNUK, MEKORYUK, KWETHLUK,
BETHEL, QUINHAGAK, KASIGLUK, AND AKIACHAK
250 PM AKDT TUE APR 21 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKDT
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO 5 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 THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. GUSTY WINDS COULD BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
* 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, BUT A QUICKER TRANSITION TO LIQUID
PRECIPITATION. 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.
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