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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK  
351 AM AKST MON JAN 26 2026  
   
..WINTER WEATHER IMPACTING THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE
 
 
.MULTIPLE FRONTS ARE PUSHING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST BRINGING  
MULTIPLE ROUND OF PRECIPITATION, WARMING TEMPERATURES, AND  
INCREASING WINDS THROUGH EARLY WEEK. PRECIPITATION CONTINUES,  
SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLE STILL ONGOING. JUNEAU  
IS SEEING SOMEWHAT HIGHER PRECIP RATES AT THE MOMENT THAN MOST  
OTHER AREAS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO RAIN FOR MOST  
LOW ELEVATION AREAS WITH THE SNOW MOVING TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS  
OF THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY BY MONDAY NIGHT AS SNOW RATES INCREASE,  
AND SNOW LEVELS RISE TO AROUND 2500 FT, TRANSITIONING SNOW  
CHARACTERISTIC TO WET AND DENSE, AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS.  
 
AKZ317-261400-  
/O.EXP.PAJK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-260126T1300Z/  
CITY AND BOROUGH OF YAKUTAT-  
INCLUDING THE CITY OF YAKUTAT  
351 AM AKST MON JAN 26 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM AKST EARLY THIS  
MORNING...  
 
WARMING TEMPERATURES HAVE RESULTED IN A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN.  
 

 
 
AKZ325-262100-  
/O.CON.PAJK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-260126T2100Z/  
CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-  
INCLUDING THE CITY OF JUNEAU  
351 AM AKST MON JAN 26 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST  
TODAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON AKST MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS  
COULD IMPACT THE MORNING OR EVENING COMMUTE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATE WILL  
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL START OUT DRY AND  
FLUFFY BEFORE GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO BEING WETTER AND  
HEAVIER THROUGH THE LATER MORNING HOURS. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW  
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS SHELTERED FROM SOUTHERLY WINDS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.  
 
PEOPLE ARE URGED TO PREPARE THEIR PROPERTY BEFORE THE ONSET OF  
WINTER WEATHER.  
 
FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS, WHERE AVAILABLE, CALL 5 1 1 OR  
VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.  
 

 
 

 
 
AKZ318-262100-  
/O.CON.PAJK.WW.Y.0006.260127T0600Z-260127T1800Z/  
MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SKAGWAY AND WHITE PASS  
351 AM AKST MON JAN 26 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS  
EVENING TO 9 AM AKST TUESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5  
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...KLONDIKE HIGHWAY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 9 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM AKST TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT. HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE  
DIFFICULT TO MANAGE DUE TO HIGH WATER CONTENT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED DURING  
THE TRANSITION TO HEAVY, WET SNOW LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY  
TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.  
 
PEOPLE ARE URGED TO PREPARE THEIR PROPERTY BEFORE THE ONSET OF  
WINTER WEATHER.  
 
FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS, WHERE AVAILABLE, CALL 5 1 1 OR  
VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.  
 

 
 

 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT  
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/JUNEAU  
 
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