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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1258 PM AKDT SAT MAR 21 2026
...ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE
SATURDAY...
.WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS THE COASTAL AND
NORTHERN PANHANDLE AS OF SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AT
SEA LEVEL HAVE BEEN RATHER LOW FROM ICY STRAIT AND JUNEAU
SOUTHWARD DUE TO TEMPERATURES AT SEA LEVEL ALREADY REACHING THE
MID 30S THIS MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO BE STEADY OR
SLOWLY RISING INTO MIDDAY. THAT TEMPERATURE TREND IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON SO ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. HAINES AND YAKUTAT, IN CONTRAST HAVE BEEN
BELOW FREEZING ALL MORNING AND WITH VARIOUS REPORTS OF 4 TO
6 INCHES IN THE HAINES AND HAINES HIGHWAY AREA THIS MORNING AND
AROUND 5 INCHES AT YAKUTAT. YAKUTAT WILL HAVE THE PRECIP DIMINISH
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HAINES IS EXPECTED TO STAY SNOW INTO THE
EVENING.
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF YAKUTAT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF YAKUTAT
1258 PM AKDT SAT MAR 21 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
SNOW HAS DIMINISHED. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF
THE DAY.
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HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF HAINES
1258 PM AKDT SAT MAR 21 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 4 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES.
* WHERE...HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 PM AKDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL BY LAND, AIR, AND SEA COULD BE IMPACTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HIGHEST SNOW RATES WILL BE NEAR HAINES
AND ALONG THE CHILKAT PENINSULA WITH LOWER SNOW RATES FARTHER
UP THE HAINES HIGHWAY. THOUGH SNOW RATE COULD INCREASE AGAIN
NEAR HAINES CUSTOMS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.
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.
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PETERSBURG BOROUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF PETERSBURG
1258 PM AKDT SAT MAR 21 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.
* WHERE...PETERSBURG BOROUGH.
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL BY LAND, AIR, AND SEA COULD BE IMPACTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HIGHEST SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY
EVENING, ESPECIALLY AFTER TEMPERATURES COOL AFTER REACHING
THEIR DAYTIME HIGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
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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