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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
915 PM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2026
...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW EXPECTED FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
PANHANDLE THROUGH MONDAY...
.THE SHORTWAVE THAT MOVED THROUGH THE PANHANDLE SUNDAY IS NOW
DETERIORATING OVER THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE, BRINGING WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PANHANDLE IN ITS WAKE.
SNOW SHOWERS MAY BRING VISIBILITY DOWN TO LESS THEN A MILE AT
TIMES, WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED. LOCALIZED
HIGHER SNOWFALL RATES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS,
WITH MOST ACCUMULATIONS HAPPENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND NIGHT
AS DAYTIME TEMPERATURES COOL. AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO STALL OVER
NORTHERN BARANOF AND CHICHAGOF ISLANDS, COMMUNITIES SUCH AS
TENAKEE SPRINGS AND ANGOON HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF SEEING MORE
CONTINUOUS SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS FOR THE
FINAL POSITIONING OF THE LOW, AS DIFFERENT POSITIONS MAY BRING
DIFFERENT SNOW TOTALS TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SITS OVER.
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF SITKA
915 PM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES.
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* WHERE...CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 AM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING OR EVENING COMMUTE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
FREQUENCY THIS EVENING WITH SHOWERS PERSISTING OVERNIGHT
SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOW RATE WILL LIKELY BE LATE 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.
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PETERSBURG BOROUGH-WESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND AND KUIU ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PETERSBURG, KAKE, AND PORT ALEXANDER
915 PM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES.
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* WHERE...PETERSBURG BOROUGH AND WESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND AND
KUIU ISLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL 4 AM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING
DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW SHOWERS ARE NOW EXPECTED START UP
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS KUPREANOF AND KUIU ISLANDS AND
LAST INTO TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VARIABLE
ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO THE HIT OR MISS NATURE OF THESE SHOWERS
WITH THE HIGHER SNOW RATES EXPECTED THIS 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.
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EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOONAH, TENAKEE SPRINGS, AND ANGOON
915 PM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM
AKDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND AND ADMIRALTY ISLAND.
* WHEN...FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A WEAKENING LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH
TO NEAR NORTHERN BARANOF AND SOUTHERN CHICHAGOF ISLANDS SUNDAY
NIGHT AND STALL THERE INTO MONDAY. HIGHEST SNOW RATES ARE
EXPECTED NEAR ANGOON AND TENAKEE SPRINGS. SNOW AMOUNTS COULD
BE VARIABLE IF THE LOW DOES NOT STALL OR MOVES ON A DIFFERENT
TRACK THAT WHAT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
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.
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PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND-CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL-
KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH-ANNETTE ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CRAIG, KLAWOCK, HYDABURG, COFFMAN COVE,
THORNE BAY, WRANGELL, KETCHIKAN, AND METLAKATLA
915 PM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO INCHES.
* WHERE...PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL,
KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH AND ANNETTE ISLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL 4 AM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VARIABLE
ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO THE HIT OR MISS NATURE OF THESE
SHOWERS. HIGHEST SNOW RATES WILL BE INTO THIS 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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/JUNEAU
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