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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Juneau AK
459 AM AKDT Sun Mar 15 2026

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RETURNS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...

.Bands of snow showers continue to push into the NE Gulf as with
widely varying conditions. While snow showers have becoming
scattered and largely moved away from Sitka to Elfin Cove,
snowfall rates have increased greatly over Yakutat. Thus that
area has been upgraded to a warning.

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 southern
panhandle starting Sunday morning into the afternoon and for the
northern and central Alaska Panhandle starting later Sunday
afternoon 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.

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Glacier Bay-Eastern Chichagof Island-City and Borough of Juneau-
Including the cities of Gustavus, Hoonah, Tenakee Springs,
and Juneau
459 AM AKDT Sun Mar 15 2026

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 1 PM AKDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 14
  inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.

* WHERE...Glacier Bay, Eastern Chichagof Island and City and
  Borough of Juneau.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 1 PM AKDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Travel will be very difficult. The hazardous
  conditions could impact the Monday morning commute.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Current forecast has heaviest snowfall
  rates arriving Sunday evening into early Monday morning across
  the Icy Strait corridor communities, including Juneau.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water
with you in case of an emergency.

People are urged to prepare their property before the onset of
winter weather.

For the latest road conditions, where available, call 5 1 1 or
visit 511.alaska.gov.

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