Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Juneau, AK
Areas Affected: Municipality of Skagway; Haines Borough and Klukwan
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Alert Sent: Wednesday 1:48pm AKST
Alert Effective: Wednesday 1:48pm AKST
Alert Expires: Wednesday 11:15pm AKST (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Friday 6:00am AKST
Event Ends: Saturday 12:00pm AKST
Issued by: NWS Juneau AK
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... An atmospheric river will be impacting the area starting early Friday morning. Temperatures are expected to be slow to warm around Haines and Skagway Friday; possibly not warming above freezing until Friday evening near sea level when southerly winds with gusts to 50 mph could develop. Inland and higher elevation areas of the Haines and Klondike highways could remain snow through the entire event. * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 9 to 15 inches possible. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. * WHERE...Municipality of Skagway and Haines Borough and Klukwan. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult and is discouraged. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The Haines and Skagway areas are expected to remain snow until southerly winds make it into the area Friday evening. Snow accumulations could end up higher or lower at lower elevations if warmer temperatures make it into the area earlier or later than expected. During and after the change over to rain, ponding of water on roads and other areas is likely.
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ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.758d472bd6f301f5c577b34e38ea58498eeaa788.001.1 Codes: AKZ318, AKZ319 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.758d472bd6f301f5c577b34e38ea58498eeaa788.001.1