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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
751 PM AKDT MON SEP 8 2025
AKZ802>810-100000-
NORTHWEST ARCTIC COAST-NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
WESTERN ARCTIC PLAINS-HOWARD PASS AND THE DELONG MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL ARCTIC PLAINS-CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE-ROMANZOF MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING WAINWRIGHT, ATQASUK, UTQIAGVIK, NUIQSUT, PRUDHOE BAY,
ALPINE, DEADHORSE, KUPARUK, THE DALTON HIGHWAY NORTH OF MP 387,
KAKTOVIK, FLAXMAN ISLAND, POINT THOMSON, UMIAT, HOWARD PASS,
SAGWON, FRANKLIN BLUFFS,
THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 322 TO MP 387, ANAKTUVUK PASS,
ATIGUN PASS, GALBRAITH LAKE,
THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 232 TO MP 322,
AND HEADWATERS OF THE CANNING RIVER
751 PM AKDT MON SEP 8 2025
..ACCUMULATING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
ACCUMULATING WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ALONG A FRONT FROM THE
SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY WITH
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO START WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF
WET SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
THE NORTH SLOPE. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 INCHES EXPECTED FOR MOST
OF THE ARCTIC PLAINS, WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE
FOR THE BROOKS RANGE INCLUDING ATIGUN PASS. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST WHERE ON-SHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY WARMER RESULTING IN MORE OF
A RAIN/SNOW MIX. THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST FROM POINT BARROW TO
POINT LAY IS EXPECTED TO SEE GREATER ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 3 TO 4
INCHES OF WET SNOW. DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK.
HUNTERS, RECREATORS, AND TRAVELERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE FOR
WINTRY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST FOR UPDATES.
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