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WWAK41 PAFC 040549
WSWAER
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
949 PM AKDT SAT OCT 3 2026
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THOMPSON PASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF THOMPSON PASS
949 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.
AKZ742>744-749-041800-
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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
949 PM AKDT SAT OCT 3 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKDT
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...WINTRY MIX OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. 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 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.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-261004T1500Z/
MCCARTHY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCCARTHY
949 PM AKDT SAT OCT 3 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS 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 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.
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