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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1001 PM AKDT TUE AUG 26 2025
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CENTRAL ARCTIC PLAINS-CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GALBRAITH LAKE, SAGWON, ANAKTUVUK PASS,
FRANKLIN BLUFFS, THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 232 TO MP 322, THE
DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 322 TO MP 387, AND ATIGUN PASS
1001 PM AKDT TUE AUG 26 2025
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKDT THURSDAY
* WHAT...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. A GLAZE UP TO 0.1" OF ICE IS
POSSIBLE ALONG ANAKTUVUK PASS AND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BROOKS
RANGE ALONG THE DALTON HIGHWAY CORRIDOR.
* WHERE...CENTRAL ARCTIC PLAINS AND CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1 AM AKDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
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CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PRUDHOE BAY, NUIQSUT, DEADHORSE, KUPARUK,
THE DALTON HIGHWAY NORTH OF MP 387, AND ALPINE
1001 PM AKDT TUE AUG 26 2025
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THURSDAY
* WHAT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 0.05" POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...CENTRAL ARCTIC PLAINS, CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST, AND
CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW
AND FREEZING RAIN COULD CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THOUGH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS SUBSTANTIAL WITH
THE INCOMING STORM SYSTEM, CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING IN LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE, POTENTIALLY TWO PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN/FREEZING
DRIZZLE. THE FIRST WOULD BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. DURING
THIS TIME, PRECIP TYPES ARE MORE UNCERTAIN AS TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO HOVER WITHIN A COUPLE DEGREES OF THE FREEZING MARK. A
SECOND ROUND OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN APPEARS INCREASINGLY LIKELY
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
FOR THE DALTON HIGHWAY SOUTH OF PRUDHOE BAY, THOUGH HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM ICY ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALL THE
WAY TO THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE HIGHWAY, ESPECIALLY BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.
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WESTERN ARCTIC PLAINS-HOWARD PASS AND THE DELONG MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOWARD PASS AND UMIAT
1001 PM AKDT TUE AUG 26 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.1" TO 0.25" ARE POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...HOWARD PASS AND THE DELONG MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN ARCTIC
PLAINS.
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS AND VERY SLICK SURFACES. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION
ON POWER LINES MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
ALONG THE NORTHERN
SLOPES OF THE NORTHWESTERN BROOKS RANGE AND WESTERN ARCTIC COASTAL
PLAINS. THERE IS HIGH UNCERTAINTY IN POTENTIAL ICE AMOUNTS EXTENDING
NORTHEAST OF THIS LOCATION, THOUGH ICE ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT APPEAR INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE AS FAR NORTHEAST AS
NUIQSUT, PRUDHOE BAY, AND THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE DALTON HIGHWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
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