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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
901 AM AKDT FRI AUG 28 2026
AKZ834-838>846-291500-
WHITE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH TERRAIN SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER-
UPPER CHENA RIVER VALLEY-TANANA FLATS-EIELSON AFB AND SALCHA-
GOLDSTREAM VALLEY AND NENANA HILLS-CHATANIKA RIVER VALLEY-
TWO RIVERS-FAIRBANKS METRO AREA-NENANA-CENTRAL INTERIOR-
INCLUDING LIVENGOOD, CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS, EAGLE SUMMIT,
TWELVEMILE SUMMIT, THE STEESE HIGHWAY FROM MP 85 TO MP 124,
THE ELLIOTT HIGHWAY FROM MP 32 TO MP 134,
THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 0 TO MP 38, CHENA HOT SPRINGS,
CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD EAST OF MP 34, BIRCH LAKE,
THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM MP 295 TO MP 317, EIELSON AFB,
SALCHA, MOOSE CREEK, HARDING LAKE,
THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM MP 317 TO MP 346, ESTER DOME,
MURPHY DOME, THE PARKS HIGHWAY FROM MP 325 TO MP 342, HAYSTACK,
THE ELLIOTT HIGHWAY FROM MP 1 TO MP 32,
THE STEESE HIGHWAY FROM MP 12 TO MP 85, TWO RIVERS,
CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD FROM MP 12 TO MP 34, FAIRBANKS,
FORT WAINWRIGHT, ESTER, NORTH POLE, FOX, NENANA,
THE PARKS HIGHWAY FROM MP 290 TO 325, TANANA, MINTO,
MANLEY HOT SPRINGS, RAMPART, AND LAKE MINCHUMINA
901 AM AKDT FRI AUG 28 2026
..GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR, INCLUDING THE
FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH BECOMES MORE SCATTERED AND SHOWERY IN
THE AFTERNOON. AS THIS HAPPENS DRIER AIR BRINGS GUSTY WEST-
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA FRIDAY EVENING. GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35
MPH RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. OVERNIGHT
FRIDAY AND IN THE EARLY MORNING SATURDAY DEEPER VALLEYS MAY SEE
LIGHTER WINDS, BUT OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WEAKEN SATURDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
INTO SUNDAY.
AJS
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