Winter Weather Advisory
NWS Anchorage AK ยท US
Details
Winter Weather Advisory Remains In Effect From 11 AM This Morning To 1 AM AKST Tuesday
- Event
- Winter Weather Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Execute
Description
What
Mixed precipitation likely. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 7 inches. Ice accumulations of around a trace to a light glaze.
Where
East Turnagain Arm, and West Prince William Sound & Whittier.
When
From 11 AM this morning to 1 AM AKST Tuesday.
Impacts
Travel could be very difficult. Visibility could be significantly reduced within heavy snow.
Additional details
A strong and complex weather system is expected to move over the Kenai Peninsula beginning late this morning to early this afternoon. Light snow is expected to become steady by late this afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times, this evening through early Tuesday morning. East winds from Prince William Sound will move through Whittier and across Eastern Turnagain Arm tonight into Tuesday morning quickly changing the snow at lower elevations to rain. At higher elevations, the snow may become a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain before changing to rain. Any rain may also lead to slush and ponding of water on roads.
Instructions
Slow down and use caution while traveling. For the latest road conditions call 5 1 1 or visit 511.alaska.gov.
Affected areas
- East Turnagain Arm
- Portage
- West Prince William Sound & Whittier
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Anchorage AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~38s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M70AM8V9ET73BNSSQ28758ZV
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.76a5644596f00b8ddbe0096dc2e0d05ebb1f3d2f.002.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Anchorage AK
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAFC
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3440
- WMO heading
- XOAK51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | WWY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | WSWAER |
| WMOidentifier | WWAK41 PAFC 091415 |
| NWSheadline | WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM AKST TUESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0052.261109T2000Z-261110T1000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-10T01:00:00-09:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- East Turnagain Arm
- Portage
- West Prince William Sound & Whittier
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 002020 |
| SAME | 002063 |
| UGC | AKZ703 |
| UGC | AKZ704 |
| UGC | AKZ728 |