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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
201 PM AKDT SAT MAR 14 2026
..MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RETURNS
.BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS ARE CURRENTLY PUSHING INTO THE NE GULF AS
OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIDELY VARYING CONDITIONS. ADVISORY
LEVEL SNOWFALL RATES OF AROUND 1 INCH PER 3 HOURS IS EXPECTED FROM
YAKUTAT TO SITKA, WITH LIGHTER RATES INLAND. IF SNOW SHOWERS
TRAIN OVER ONE LOCATION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, VISIBILITY
COULD DROP TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES WITH GREATER ACCUMULATIONS.
THIS WAVE OF SHOWERS IS SEPARATE FROM A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHWARD ACROSS THE PANHANDLE
STARTING SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. STEADY
SNOWFALL WILL RETURN WITH HEAVIEST RATES ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL ALASKA PANHANDLE STARTING SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING
INTO MONDAY. CURRENT FORECAST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WITHIN THE
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE BETWEEN 6 TO 14 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE COMMUNITIES IN WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES, EXPECTING
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES, HIGHEST TOTALS WITHIN
INTERIOR PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR
THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WILL BE THE TIMING AND TRANSITION PERIOD TO
A RAIN AND SNOW MIX, OR POTENTIALLY ALL RAIN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S ALONG THE
COAST AS THE FRONT PUSHES NORTHWARD, LIMITING POTENTIAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN CONTINUE BEHIND THIS SYSTEM
WITH WIDELY VARIABLE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.
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CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO LISIANSKI STRAIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELFIN COVE AND PELICAN
201 PM AKDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKDT
SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 1 PM AKDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING,
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 13 INCHES.
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO LISIANSKI STRAIT.
* WHEN...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, UNTIL 5 AM AKDT
SUNDAY. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING, FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 1 PM
AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AND IS DISCOURAGED
UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...CURRENT FORECAST HAS HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
RATES ARRIVING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
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.
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE THEIR VESSELS FOR HEAVY SNOW.
AKZ331-150615-
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CITY OF HYDER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF HYDER
201 PM AKDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM AKDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO
20 INCHES.
* WHERE...CITY OF HYDER.
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...CURRENT FORECAST HAS HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
RATES ARRIVING SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING. PROLONGED
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.
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.
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE THEIR VESSELS FOR HEAVY SNOW.
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GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GUSTAVUS, HOONAH, TENAKEE SPRINGS,
AND JUNEAU
201 PM AKDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 1 PM AKDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF
1 MILE OR LESS.
* WHERE...GLACIER BAY, EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND AND CITY AND
BOROUGH OF JUNEAU.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 1 PM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AND IS DISCOURAGED. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE SUNDAY EVENING OR MONDAY
MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...CURRENT FORECAST HAS HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
RATES ARRIVING SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS
THE ICY STRAIT CORRIDOR COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING JUNEAU.
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.
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE THEIR VESSELS FOR HEAVY SNOW.
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ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF ANGOON
201 PM AKDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM AKDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7
INCHES.
* WHERE...ADMIRALTY ISLAND.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...CURRENT FORECAST HAS HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
RATES ARRIVING SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .
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.
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE THEIR VESSELS FOR HEAVY SNOW.
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MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SKAGWAY, WHITE PASS, AND HAINES
201 PM AKDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SUNDAY TO 1 PM AKDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY AND HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN.
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM SUNDAY TO 1 PM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS
FOR SKAGWAY WILL BE ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY.
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.
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE THEIR VESSELS FOR HEAVY SNOW.
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF SITKA
201 PM AKDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKDT
SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM
AKDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE FIRST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, SNOW. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO INCHES. FOR THE SECOND WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY, SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4
TO 6 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.
* WHERE...CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA.
* WHEN...FOR THE FIRST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, UNTIL 4 AM AKDT
SUNDAY. FOR THE SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM 1 PM
SUNDAY TO 7 AM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT AND IS DISCOURAGED.
GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS HAS SET UP JUST OFF
SHORE OF BARANOF ISLAND NEAR SITKA THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS
BAND OF SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. A
SEPARATE STRONG FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA BY LATE SUNDAY
MORNING, WITH HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING INTO THE EVENING.
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.
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE THEIR VESSELS FOR SNOW AND WIND.
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KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH-ANNETTE ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KETCHIKAN AND METLAKATLA
201 PM AKDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM AKDT
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
* WHERE...KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH AND ANNETTE ISLAND.
* WHEN...FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM AKDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. STRONG WINDS CAN
CREATE TIMES OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A STRONG FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE STARTING LATE SUNDAY MORNING, INITIALLY BRINGING
WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA. AS THIS FRONT PUSHES
NORTHWARD, TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WILL WARM
WITH AN EXPECTED CHANGEOVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX OR ALL RAIN BY
SUNDAY EVENING. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE THE TIMING OF
THIS CHANGE OVER AND THE RESULTING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.
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.
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE THEIR VESSELS FOR HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY
HEAVY RAIN. CHECK BILGE PUMPS.
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WESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND AND KUIU ISLAND-
CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KAKE, PORT ALEXANDER, AND WRANGELL
201 PM AKDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM
AKDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AT WRANGELL.
* WHERE...WESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND AND KUIU ISLAND AND CITY AND
BOROUGH OF WRANGELL.
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A STRONG FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE STARTING LATE SUNDAY MORNING, INITIALLY BRINGING
WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA. AS THIS FRONT PUSHES
NORTHWARD, TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WILL WARM
WITH AN EXPECTED CHANGEOVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX OR ALL RAIN BY
SUNDAY EVENING. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE THE TIMING OF
THIS CHANGE OVER AND THE RESULTING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.
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.
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE THEIR VESSELS FOR HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY
HEAVY RAIN. CHECK BILGE PUMPS.
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF YAKUTAT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF YAKUTAT
201 PM AKDT SAT MAR 14 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AKDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES.
* WHERE...CITY AND BOROUGH OF YAKUTAT.
* WHEN...UNTIL 2 PM AKDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GREATEST SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY 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.
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE THEIR VESSELS FOR HEAVY SNOW.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/JUNEAU
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