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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1113 AM AKDT THU AUG 27 2026
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CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANAKTUVUK PASS, THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM
MP 232 TO MP 322, ATIGUN PASS, AND GALBRAITH LAKE
1113 AM AKDT THU AUG 27 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 PM AKDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, AND PERIODS OF WINTRY MIX EXPECTED.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS UP TO
30 MPH POSSIBLE. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILE
OR LESS AT TIMES.
* WHERE...CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE.
* WHEN...FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 PM AKDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR ATIGUN
PASS. ELSEWHERE SNOW IS INITIALLY EXPECTED ABOVE 2500 FEET WHICH
WILL TURN TO RAIN AS SNOW LEVELS RISE TO NEAR 4000 FEET FRIDAY.
WHAT SNOW DOES FALL IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HAVE DIFFICULTY
BLOWING. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV OR
CALL 5 1 1 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS.
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