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WINTER STORM WARNING |
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WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED FEBRUARY 28 AT 9:00PM 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 AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH.
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO WARM OVER
THE SOUTHERN OUTER COAST WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING A MIX OR
CHANGING TO ALL RAIN. THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT, 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 WET SNOW.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH. 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 VERY DIFFICULT AND IS DISCOURAGED
UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
* 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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PETERSBURG BOROUGH
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