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WINTER STORM WARNING |
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WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED FEBRUARY 28 AT 1:51PM AKST UNTIL FEBRUARY 28 AT 11:00PM 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 STORM WARNING, HEAVY SNOW.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES. FOR THE SECOND
WINTER STORM WARNING, HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 13 INCHES.
* WHERE...PETERSBURG BOROUGH.
* WHEN...FOR THE FIRST WINTER STORM WARNING, UNTIL 11 PM AKST
THIS EVENING. FOR THE SECOND WINTER STORM WARNING, FROM 9 AM
SUNDAY TO 9 AM AKST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP OFF
OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. ANOTHER SURGE OF
MOISTURE WILL BRING HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND LAST INTO MONDAY MORNING. |
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VIEW STORM REPORTS MAP. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WATCH, WARNING, ADVISORY |
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PETERSBURG BOROUGH
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