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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY |
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED FEBRUARY 27 AT 9:58PM AKST UNTIL FEBRUARY 28 AT 9:00PM AKST
...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PANHANDLE SNOW SATURDAY WITH POTENTIALFOR MORE SNOW SUNDAY...
.LIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL PASS OVER THE
REGION FRIDAY NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES. THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING, A LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF AND
BRING STEADY ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA WITH RATES INCREASING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
AS THE LOW CENTER TRACKS EASTWARD THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING, SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO WARM
OVER THE SOUTHERN OUTER COAST WITH A MIX OR CHANGE TO RAIN. SNOW
WILL THEN END ON THE NW SIDE OF THE LOW, FROM SITKA TO JUNEAU
NORTHWARD. MOISTURE WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY ACROSS THE
SOUTH, BUT THEN REDEVELOP ON SUNDAY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES IN.
THE RAIN SNOW LINE WILL LIKELY HOVER IN VICINITY OF SUMNER STRAIT
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW FOR THE
PETERSBURG AND WRANGELL AREAS AND LIGHTER SNOW NORTHWARD. A
SEPARATE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOOKS TO AFFECT THE REGION ON
TUESDAY WITH POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO PUSH NORTHWARD AGAIN.
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...ADMIRALTY ISLAND, WESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND AND KUIU
ISLAND, PORT ALEXANDER, AND PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND.
* WHEN...FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM AKST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. |
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VIEW STORM REPORTS MAP. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WATCH, WARNING, ADVISORY |
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ADMIRALTY ISLAND, WESTERN KUPREANOF AND KUIU ISLAND, PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND
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