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WWAK43 PAFG 172147
WSWAFG
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
147 PM AKDT SAT OCT 17 2026
AKZ835>837-181500-
/O.EXB.PAFG.WS.A.0031.261020T0600Z-261022T0000Z/
FORTYMILE COUNTRY-UPPER TANANA VALLEY-DELTA JUNCTION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF THE ALASKA HIGHWAY EAST OF MP 1392, TOK,
THE TAYLOR HIGHWAY SOUTH OF MP 9, TETLIN, CHICKEN, NORTHWAY, FORT
GREELY, TANACROSS, EAGLE, ALCAN, THE TOK CUTOFF NORTH OF MP 105,
THE TAYLOR HIGHWAY NORTH OF MP 9, DELTA JUNCTION, AND DELTANA
147 PM AKDT SAT OCT 17 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND
10 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...DELTA JUNCTION, FORTYMILE COUNTRY, AND UPPER TANANA VALLEY.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS MAY BE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH
TUESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
AKZ834-838-181500-
/O.EXB.PAFG.WS.A.0031.261020T1500Z-261022T0000Z/
WHITE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH TERRAIN SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER-UPPER
CHENA RIVER VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS, THE DALTON HIGHWAY
FROM MP 0 TO MP 38, EAGLE SUMMIT, LIVENGOOD, CHENA HOT SPRINGS
ROAD EAST OF MP 34, THE STEESE HIGHWAY FROM MP 85 TO MP 124, THE
ELLIOTT HIGHWAY FROM MP 32 TO MP 134, CHENA HOT SPRINGS, AND
TWELVEMILE SUMMIT
147 PM AKDT SAT OCT 17 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND
10 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...UPPER CHENA RIVER VALLEY, WHITE MOUNTAINS AND EAGLE SUMMIT.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT. GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF
MILE AT TIMES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS MAY BE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH
TUESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
AKZ849-850-181500-
/O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0031.261020T0000Z-261022T1200Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE
SOUTH OF TRIMS CAMP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLACK RAPIDS, THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM
MP 224 TO MP 259, DONNELLY DOME, THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM MP
202 TO MP 224, AND TRIMS CAMP
147 PM AKDT SAT OCT 17 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24
INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 2500 FEET AND 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BELOW
2500 FEET, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE PASS LEVEL.
WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...EASTERN ALASKA RANGE.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...FOLLOWING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS NORTH OF
TRIMS CAMP ON MONDAY, MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BUILD
IN LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS WINDS SHIFT TO
BEING OUT OF THE NORTH. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH WILL FOLLOW THE
WIND ADVISORY THAT IS ISSUED FOR NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP ON MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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