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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK  
1145 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 A TRANSITION TO WINTRY MIX WITH SLEET IN DOWNTOWN, WITH  
PRECIPITATION TYPES TRANSITIONING SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THIS  
MORNING. STRONGER SOUTHERLY FLOW HAS CAUSED MORE MOISTURE TO MOVE  
INTO THE SKAGWAY AND HAINES AREA, CAUSING MORE SNOW THAN  
ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED, PROMPTING BOTH MOVING THE ADVISORY START  
TIME TO NOW, AS WELL AS ADDING HAINES INTO THE MIX. WITH STABLE  
AIR MOVING IN FROM THE CHILKAT VALLEY, COULD SEE PERIODS OF  
FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AS THE STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION RAISES  
TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING ABOVE 2000 FT.  
 
AKZ325-262145-  
/O.EXP.PAJK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260126T2100Z/  
CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-  
INCLUDING THE CITY OF JUNEAU  
1145 AM AKST MON JAN 26 2026  
   
..WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON AKST TODAY  
 
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA CONTINUE TO CLIMB THIS EARLY  
AFTERNOON WITH CHANGEOVER TO RAIN VISIBLE DOWNTOWN AND JUNEAU  
AIRPORT REPORTING A MIX AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 32 DEGREES. LAST  
HOLDOUTS FOR SNOW WILL LIKELY BE OUT THE ROAD, BUT EXPECTING THE  
CHANGEOVER TO RAIN TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS WITH  
TEMPERATURES AROUND 31 DEGREES NEAR BERNERS BAY. SLIPPERY  
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH  
TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING. ANTICIPATING TEMPERATURES WILL  
CONTINUE TO RISE AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AND INTO  
TUESDAY AS MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL WEATHER SYSTEMS PUSH INTO THE  
PANHANDLE.  
 
 
 
AKZ318-270445-  
/O.CON.PAJK.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-260127T1800Z/  
MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SKAGWAY AND WHITE PASS  
1145 AM AKST MON JAN 26 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST  
TUESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8  
INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...KLONDIKE HIGHWAY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM AKST TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.  
 
* 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.  
 
 
 
 
 
AKZ319-270445-  
/O.CON.PAJK.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-260127T1800Z/  
HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-  
INCLUDING THE CITY OF HAINES  
1145 AM AKST MON JAN 26 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST  
TUESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW FOLLOWED BY MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL  
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A  
LIGHT GLAZE.  
 
* WHERE...HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM AKST TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE  
DIFFICULT TO MANAGE DUE TO HIGH WATER CONTENT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN SO FAR.  
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A MIXED PRECIPITATION WITH A  
50% CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT.  
FREEZING RAIN FALLING ON THE EXISTING SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY  
MAKE SNOW VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.  
 
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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