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WWAK47 PAJK 261453  
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK  
553 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.  
 
AKZ325-262100-  
/O.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260126T2100Z/  
CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-  
INCLUDING THE CITY OF JUNEAU  
553 AM AKST MON JAN 26 2026  
   
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY WET SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4  
INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS  
COULD IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN ACROSS  
THE JUNEAU AREA SO FAR. THE HIGHEST ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS  
WILL BE FOR THE MENDENHALL VALLEY AND OUT THE ROAD. WARMING  
TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN LOWER TOTALS DOWNTOWN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER  
WITH YOU IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
 
 
AKZ318-262300-  
/O.CON.PAJK.WW.Y.0006.260127T0600Z-260127T1800Z/  
MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SKAGWAY AND WHITE PASS  
553 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 UP TO 5  
INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM AKST TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT.  
 
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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