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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1140 AM AKST FRI FEB 27 2026
..POTENTIAL OVERRUNNING SNOW EVENT FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY
.SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OUTER
COAST INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
MAIN WINTER STORY WILL BE THIS WEEKEND AS COLD ARCTIC AIR IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO
NEXT WEEK. WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE, MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A
LOW OVER THE GULF INTO THE BERING SEA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER
THE AREA. WITH THE INCREASED DEWPOINTS APPROACHING AND COLDER AIR
AT THE SURFACE, SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE PANHANDLE.
GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO TREND TOWARD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW
FALLING OVER THE PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE THAT HOLD ONTO
THE COLD AIR LONGER. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS OVERRUNNING
SNOW EVENT LASTS INTO THE MIDDLE TO END OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL
DEPEND ON HOW LONG THE COLD AIR PERSISTS THROUGH THE INNER
CHANNELS.
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PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CRAIG, KLAWOCK, HYDABURG, COFFMAN COVE,
AND THORNE BAY
1140 AM AKST FRI FEB 27 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON AKST TODAY
ONSHORE FLOW AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS CONTINUING TO DIMINISH AS
THE LOW OFF OF BARANOF ISLAND CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. SHOWERS
STREAMING OVER PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND FROM THE GULF WILL CONTINUE
TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FRIDAY WITH MINIMAL ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THAT TIME.
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GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-
CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO LISIANSKI STRAIT-CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-
PETERSBURG BOROUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GUSTAVUS, HOONAH, TENAKEE SPRINGS,
ELFIN COVE, PELICAN, JUNEAU, AND PETERSBURG
1140 AM AKST FRI FEB 27 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
12 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...GLACIER BAY, EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND, CAPE
FAIRWEATHER TO LISIANSKI STRAIT, CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU
AND PETERSBURG BOROUGH.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT AND IS DISCOURAGED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO
START SATURDAY, AND COULD POTENTIALLY LAST INTO THE START OF
NEXT WEEK IN SOME AREAS, WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE AND
WARM, MOISTURE RICH AIR MOVING OVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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