...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW...8 TO 15 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.
* VISIBILITY...POSSIBLY REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES FROM PORTAGE VALLEY AND EASTERN TURNAGAIN ARM TO TURNAGAIN
PASS.
* WIND...EAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING ALONG THE COAST
FROM SEWARD SOUTHWARD BEFORE SPREADING NORTH AND INLAND BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD INLAND BY SUNDAY EVENING
AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM
PORTAGE VALLEY AND EASTERN TURNAGAIN ARM TO TURNAGAIN PASS
RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BOTH BLOWING AND FALLING
SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE SEVERELY
LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. PEOPLE ARE
ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION
FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW.
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