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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
209 PM AKDT SAT MAR 21 2026
...PERIODS OF SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT...
.PERIODS OF SNOW ARE STILL OCCURRING IN PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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 TO UPPER 30S.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO START COOLING AGAIN TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY WITH BANDS OF SNOW MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE
SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SOUTH MAY MAINLY BE
ON THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND MIDDAY SUNDAY,
BUT WILL HAVE MORE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AT SEA LEVEL BY SUNDAY
EVENING AND NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL SUNDAY EVENING.
AKZ326-212315-
/O.CAN.PAJK.WW.Y.0030.260322T0300Z-260322T1400Z/
PETERSBURG BOROUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF PETERSBURG
209 PM AKDT SAT MAR 21 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED
WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES OCCURRING IN THE AREA, LOWER SNOW TOTALS
ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.
AKZ319-220200-
/O.EXT.PAJK.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-260322T0200Z/
HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF HAINES
209 PM AKDT SAT MAR 21 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 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 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING.
* 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.
AKZ328-220615-
/O.NEW.PAJK.WW.Y.0031.260322T1800Z-260323T1200Z/
PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CRAIG, KLAWOCK, HYDABURG, COFFMAN COVE,
AND THORNE BAY
209 PM AKDT SAT MAR 21 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM
AKDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND.
* WHEN...FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT AND IS DISCOURAGED.
THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE
ON THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE ROAD SYSTEM SUNDAY BEFORE
COOLING TEMPERATURES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGS
SNOW DOWN TO THE SEA LEVEL COMMUNITIES FOR SUNDAY NIGHT.
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.
AKZ330-332-220615-
/O.NEW.PAJK.WW.Y.0031.260323T0000Z-260323T1200Z/
KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH-ANNETTE ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KETCHIKAN AND METLAKATLA
209 PM AKDT SAT MAR 21 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 4 AM
AKDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
INCHES.
* WHERE...KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH AND ANNETTE ISLAND.
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 4 AM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
COULD IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE.
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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