476  
WWAK41 PAFG 281424  
WSWNSB  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK  
624 AM AKDT THU AUG 28 2025  
 
AKZ808-290000-  
/O.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-250828T1500Z/  
/O.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0073.000000T0000Z-250829T0000Z/  
CENTRAL ARCTIC PLAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FRANKLIN BLUFFS, THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM  
MP 322 TO MP 387, AND SAGWON  
624 AM AKDT THU AUG 28 2025  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS  
AFTERNOON...   
..WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED  
 
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO  
ONE INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 0.05 INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...CENTRAL ARCTIC PLAINS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW  
AND FREEZING RAIN COULD CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
 
 
AKZ809-281530-  
/O.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-250828T1500Z/  
CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANAKTUVUK PASS, GALBRAITH LAKE, ATIGUN  
PASS, AND THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 232 TO MP 322  
624 AM AKDT THU AUG 28 2025  
   
..WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED  
 
THE BEST CHANCES FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION AND ICE HAVE ENDED.  
 
 
 
AKZ806-807-290015-  
/O.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-250829T0600Z/  
WESTERN ARCTIC PLAINS-HOWARD PASS AND THE DELONG MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF UMIAT AND HOWARD PASS  
624 AM AKDT THU AUG 28 2025  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW  
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO  
ONE-QUARTER INCH.  
 
* WHERE...HOWARD PASS AND THE DELONG MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN ARCTIC  
PLAINS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL  
CONDITIONS AND VERY SLICK SURFACES. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION  
ON POWER LINES MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE  
EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.  
 
 
 
 
 
AKZ804-290015-  
/O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0073.000000T0000Z-250829T1500Z/  
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF THE DALTON HIGHWAY NORTH OF MP 387,  
ALPINE, PRUDHOE BAY, KUPARUK, DEADHORSE, AND NUIQSUT  
624 AM AKDT THU AUG 28 2025  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT  
FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3  
INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A LIGHT GLAZE. WINDS GUSTING  
AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...CENTRAL ARCTIC PLAINS, CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST, AND  
CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 AM AKDT FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW  
AND FREEZING RAIN COULD CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.  
 
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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