Date: Mon 05 Mar 2007 - 15:35:55 GMT
WITH SOME SPOTS HAVING WIND CHILLS AROUND 25BELOW ZERO. NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. LOW TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE MAINLY IN THE TEENS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER. THISCOLDER AND DENSER AIR WILL ACCELERATE AS IT MOVES ACROSS THEMOUNTAINS AND DROPS DOWN TO NEAR SEA LEVEL.
ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS ON TRACK TO IMPACT THE NORTH CENTRALSECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAYEVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WINDWARNING. WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AST MONDAY.
COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS THIS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL FACTORSREACHING AROUND ZERO LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
NORTH WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT ORHIGHLY LIKELY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO12 PM AST TUESDAY NORTH OF TALKEETNA. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.
STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET ISEXPECTED OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL INNER CHANNELS THROUGH 6 PMMONDAY.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO12 PM AST TUESDAY NORTH OF TALKEETNA. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD TO PREVENT FROSTBITEAND HYPOTHERMIA.
BREEZY WITH NORTH WIND 15 TO 25MPH.
THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILLPRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FIVE TO TEN DEGREES DEGREES BELOWZERO.
WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND PEAK LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAYAFTERNOON.
INCLUDING DOWNTOWNAND WEST ANCHORAGE.
FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING ORIMMINENT.
UPDATED INFORMATION FOR THE BLACK RIVER AT BLACK ROCK. CLOUDY SKIES WITH SNOW DEVELOPING. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHESTHROUGH 3 AM. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EXTRAGLOVES, WATER, SOME LIGHT FOOD AND A MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THEEVENT YOUR GET STUCK.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PMAST MONDAY MAINLY OVER ELLIOTT HIGHWAY SUMMITS. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR 3 AM MONDAY. WITH SOME SPOTS HAVING WIND CHILLS AROUND 25BELOW ZERO. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OR SOONER IFCONDITIONS WARRANT. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PETS ARE ALSO PROTECTEDFROM THE EXTREME COLD.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MOUNTAINPASSES ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE AND CHUGACH AND TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WIND AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULTIN SOME VERY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL. CLOUDY SKIES WITH SNOW DEVELOPING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AT HIGHER TERRAINS AND THROUGH GAPSIN THE TERRAIN. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THEN TO RAIN OVER THESOUTH-CENTRAL INNER CHANNELS TONIGHT. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS ON TRACK TO IMPACT THE NORTH CENTRALSECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAYEVENING.
DENALI NATIONAL PARK.
WIND CHILLS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE DANGEROUS.
