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WWAK41 PAFC 040405
WSWAER
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
805 PM AKDT SAT OCT 3 2026
AKZ742>744-749-041515-
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WESTERN COPPER VALLEY-CENTRAL COPPER VALLEY-ERNESTINE-SOUTHERN
COPPER VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KENNY LAKE, NELCHINA, MENDELTNA, 46 MILE,
TOLSONA, GLENNALLEN, TONSINA, COPPER CENTER, GAKONA, AND CHITINA
805 PM AKDT SAT OCT 3 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...WINTRY MIX OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF GULKANA.
LIGHT GLAZE ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...CENTRAL COPPER VALLEY, ERNESTINE, SOUTHERN COPPER VALLEY,
AND WESTERN COPPER VALLEY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 AM AKDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
COPPER RIVER BASIN THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY
BRIEFLY CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN
SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP AND TEMPERATURES WARM
ABOVE FREEZING, CHANGING ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
AKZ751-041500-
/O.EXB.PAFC.WW.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-261004T1500Z/
MCCARTHY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCCARTHY
805 PM AKDT SAT OCT 3 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...WINTRY MIX OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. LIGHT GLAZE ICE ACCUMULATION
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...MCCARTHY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 AM AKDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
COPPER RIVER BASIN THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY
BRIEFLY CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN
SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP AND TEMPERATURES WARM
ABOVE FREEZING, CHANGING ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
AKZ732-040900-
/O.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-261004T0900Z/
THOMPSON PASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF THOMPSON PASS
805 PM AKDT SAT OCT 3 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKDT
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 4
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. VISIBILITY REDUCED TO AS
LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* WHERE...THOMPSON PASS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1 AM AKDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT THOMPSON
PASS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM
INTO THE MID 30S BY AROUND MIDNIGHT, ALLOWING FOR RAIN TO MIX WITH
SNOW WHICH WILL ALSO BRING AN END TO ANY POTENTIAL 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.
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