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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
439 AM AKST THU DEC 18 2025
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF JUNEAU
439 AM AKST THU DEC 18 2025
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
AKST FRIDAY...
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON AKST SUNDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...FOR THE HIGH WIND WARNING THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING, NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
EXPECTED. FOR THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING, DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 15 BELOW
EXPECTED. FOR THE HIGH WIND WATCH SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING, NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU.
* WHEN...FOR THE HIGH WIND WARNING, FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6
AM AKST FRIDAY. FOR THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON AKST SUNDAY. FOR THE HIGH WIND WATCH, FROM
SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS AND
MAY DAMAGE PROPERTY AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WILL BE
DIFFICULT. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF EXPOSED
TO THESE TEMPERATURES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A STRENGTHENING CRITICAL LAYER THURSDAY
EVENING WILL SET THE STAGE FOR STRONGER WIND GUSTS TO REACH THE
SURFACE IN DOWNTOWN JUNEAU, AS THE MOUNTAIN WAVE STRENGTHENS.
WHILE THE CRITICAL LAYER AND CROSS BARRIER FLOW WILL WEAKEN
SOMEWHAT FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY WILL RE-
INTENSIFY BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE VESSELS AND LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD
BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND.
REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY VISITING
WEATHER.GOV/JUNEAU/STORMREPORTS
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MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SKAGWAY AND WHITE PASS
439 AM AKST THU DEC 18 2025
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING...
...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON AKST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 35 BELOW. FOR THE EXTREME COLD
WARNING, EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 50
BELOW EXPECTED.
* WHERE...KLONDIKE HIGHWAY MAINLY NEAR WHITE PASS.
* WHEN...FOR THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, UNTIL 6 PM AKST
THURSDAY. FOR THE EXTREME COLD WARNING, FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO
NOON AKST SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF EXPOSED TO
THESE TEMPERATURES. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES COULD CAUSE RUPTURED WATER PIPES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE AT WHITE
PASS. SKAGWAY AND DYEA WILL SEE WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 15
BELOW TO 25 BELOW. WITH THE COLDEST WEATHER EXPECTED FRIDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING SUCH AS A HAT, FACEMASK AND HEAVY GLOVES
OR MITTENS IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO BE OUTDOORS. TO PREVENT FREEZING
AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES THEY SHOULD BE
WRAPPED, DRAINED, OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-
GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEM AND COVER ABOVE-GROUND
PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING.
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HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF HAINES
439 AM AKST THU DEC 18 2025
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 25
BELOW EXPECTED.
* WHERE...HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKST SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF EXPOSED TO
THESE CONDITIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE COLDEST WEATHER EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO
THE WEEKEND.
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GLACIER BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF GUSTAVUS
439 AM AKST THU DEC 18 2025
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON AKST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 15
BELOW EXPECTED.
* WHERE...GLACIER BAY.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON AKST SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF EXPOSED TO
THESE CONDITIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE COLDEST WEATHER EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO
THE WEEKEND.
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