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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY |
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED FEBRUARY 28 AT 1:51PM AKST UNTIL MARCH 2 AT 9:00AM AKST
...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PANHANDLE SNOW SATURDAY WITH POTENTIALFOR MORE SNOW SUNDAY...
STEADY SNOWFALL CONTINUES ACROSS A MAJORITY OF THE PANHANDLE AND
WILL CONTINUE TO PICK UP AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND ARE
EXPECTED TO CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO WARM OVER THE SOUTHERN OUTER
COAST WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING A MIX OR CHANGING TO ALL RAIN.
AROUND THE SAME TIME, SNOW WILL END ON THE NW SIDE OF THE LOW,
FROM SITKA TO JUNEAU AND 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 ADDITIONAL
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED 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 ONCE AGAIN.
* WHAT...FOR THE FIRST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, SNOW. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35
MPH. FOR THE SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, SNOW EXPECTED.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES.
* WHERE...CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA.
* WHEN...FOR THE FIRST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, UNTIL 6 PM AKST
THIS EVENING. FOR THE SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM
NOON SUNDAY TO 9 AM AKST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
COULD IMPACT THE MORNING OR EVENING COMMUTE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED SATURDAY
MID DAY. MIXING WITH RAIN IS LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON ONCE
RATES BEGIN DECREASING. AFTER A LULL OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY, ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND PUSH
NORTHWARD BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. |
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VIEW STORM REPORTS MAP. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WATCH, WARNING, ADVISORY |
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA |
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