Seit: 14.03.2026, 14:01
Zu: 14.03.2026, 22:15

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RETURNS ... .Bands of snow showers are currently pushing into the NE Gulf as of Saturday afternoon with widely varying conditions. Advisory level snowfall rates of around 1 inch per 3 hours is expected from Yakutat to Sitka, with lighter rates inland. If snow showers train over one location for an extended period of time, visibility could drop to a half mile at times with greater accumulations. This wave of showers is separate from a stronger low pressure system that is expected to track northward across the panhandle starting Sunday morning and continuing through Monday. Steady snowfall will return with heaviest rates across the northern and central Alaska Panhandle starting Sunday morning and continuing into Monday. Current forecast snowfall accumulations within the Winter Storm Warnings are between 6 to 14 inches, with locally higher amounts expected through Monday evening. For southern panhandle communities in Winter Weather Advisories, expecting snowfall accumulations of 3 to 6 inches, highest totals within interior Prince of Wales Island. The main forecast challenge for the southern panhandle will be the timing and transition period to a rain and snow mix, or potentially all rain by Sunday afternoon with temperatures reaching into the upper 30s to low 40s along the coast as the front pushes northward, limiting potential snowfall accumulations. Snow showers will then continue behind this system with widely variable accumulations through the rest of the week. * WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 14 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. Reduced visibilities of 1 mile or less. * WHERE...Glacier Bay, Eastern Chichagof Island and City and Borough of Juneau. * WHEN...From 1 PM Sunday to 1 PM AKDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Travel will be very difficult and is discouraged. The hazardous conditions could impact the Sunday evening or Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Current forecast has heaviest snowfall rates arriving Sunday evening into early Monday morning across the Icy Strait corridor communities, including Juneau.