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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
212 PM AKDT FRI MAR 13 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-ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-PETERSBURG BOROUGH-CITY OF HYDER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF YAKUTAT, SKAGWAY, WHITE PASS, HAINES,
GUSTAVUS, HOONAH, TENAKEE SPRINGS, ELFIN COVE, PELICAN, ANGOON,
JUNEAU, PETERSBURG, AND HYDER
212 PM AKDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, SNOW
SHOWERS CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK...
AN INCOMING FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL BACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN ALASKA PANHANDLE STARTING SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY AS IT PUSHES INLAND NEAR CAPE
FAIRWEATHER. CURRENT FORECAST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS
FIRST FRONT ARE BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AFTER THIS STORM SYSTEM DISSIPATES MONDAY EVENING, AN ACTIVE SNOW
PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THOUGH NEXT WEEK AS A LARGE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA SENDS PERSISTENT BUT INTERMITTENT
BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE HIGHLY VARIABLE TUESDAY ONWARD, BUT FORECASTERS CANNOT RULE
OUT SOME PLACES SEEING AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
THROUGH FRIDAY.
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA-
WESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND AND KUIU ISLAND-PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND-
CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL-KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH-
ANNETTE ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SITKA, KAKE, PORT ALEXANDER, CRAIG,
KLAWOCK, HYDABURG, COFFMAN COVE, THORNE BAY, WRANGELL, KETCHIKAN,
AND METLAKATLA
212 PM AKDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED WITH BRIEF TRANSITION TO RAIN
SUNDAY NIGHT...
AN INCOMING FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL BACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE STARTING SUNDAY
MORNING. AS THE FRONT PUSHES INLAND, FORECASTERS ARE EXPECTING A
TRANSITION PERIOD TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX, OR POTENTIALLY ALL RAIN,
ACROSS PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ANNETTE ISLAND, AND KETCHIKAN BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING INTO THE UPPER 30S TO
LOW 40S ALONG THE COAST. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON, WITH STRONGEST WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, DIMINISHING INTO EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING. CURRENT SNOWFALL FORECAST AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON, WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
WITHIN INTERIOR PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND.
AFTER THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM DISSIPATES MONDAY EVENING, AN ACTIVE
SNOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THOUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK AS A LARGE
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA SENDS PERSISTENT BUT
INTERMITTENT BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE TUESDAY ONWARD, BUT
FORECASTERS CANNOT RULE OUT SOME PLACES SEEING AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO
10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THROUGH FRIDAY.
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