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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
158 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2026
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF YAKUTAT-MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-
HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-
CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO LISIANSKI STRAIT-CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA-
ADMIRALTY ISLAND-CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-PETERSBURG BOROUGH-
WESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND AND KUIU ISLAND-
CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL-CITY OF HYDER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF YAKUTAT, SKAGWAY, WHITE PASS, HAINES,
GUSTAVUS, HOONAH, TENAKEE SPRINGS, ELFIN COVE, PELICAN, SITKA,
ANGOON, JUNEAU, PETERSBURG, KAKE, PORT ALEXANDER, WRANGELL,
AND HYDER
158 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE SUNDAY THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW EVENT...
A WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WILL SWEEP INTO
SOUTHEAST ALASKA ON MONDAY, BRINGING WITH IT PERIODS OF HEAVY
SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. AN INITIAL WARMUP MOVING UP ON SOUTHERLY
WINDS FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ELFIN COVE, TO
GUSTAVUS, TO JUNEAU ON MONDAY WILL RESULT IN MANY LOCATIONS
SWITCHING OVER FROM SNOW TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX. HOWEVER,
WEAKENING WINDS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ON TUESDAY WILL
MORE LIKELY RESULT IN A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW, RESULTING IN
POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AGAIN BY TUESDAY.
THIS WEEKEND IS THE TIME TO COMPLETE ANY SNOW REMOVAL MITIGATION
EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY AHEAD OF THIS NEXT WINTER STORM
SYSTEM.
STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POTENTIAL WINTER STORM
WARNINGS WITH MORE DETAILS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
AKZ328-040000-
PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CRAIG, KLAWOCK, HYDABURG, COFFMAN COVE,
AND THORNE BAY
158 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE SUNDAY THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW EVENT...
A WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WILL SWEEP INTO
SOUTHEAST ALASKA ON MONDAY, BRINGING WITH IT PERIODS OF HEAVY
SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. AN INITIAL WARMUP MOVING UP ON SOUTHERLY
WINDS ON MONDAY WILL RESULT IN MANY LOCATIONS SWITCHING OVER FROM
SNOW TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX. HOWEVER, WEAKENING WINDS COMBINED
WITH HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ON TUESDAY WILL MORE LIKELY RESULT IN A
CHANGEOVER TO SNOW, RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS AGAIN BY TUESDAY.
STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POTENTIAL WINTER STORM
WARNINGS WITH MORE DETAILS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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