http://www.weather.gov/alerts/ak.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:12:38 4 en-us robert.bunge@noaa.gov w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Alaska (Anchorage/AKZ101) Issued by the National Weather Service http://weather.gov/images/xml_logo.gif http://weather.gov http://www.weather.gov/alerts/AK.html#AKZ101.AFCSPSAER.152800 MAJOR STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA BEGINNING SUNDAY<br>NIGHT...<br><br>A MAJOR STORM WILL CROSS THE WESTERN GULF SUNDAY NIGHT AND MOVE INTO<br>COOK INLET BY MONDAY BEFORE HEADING INLAND MONDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT<br>BOTH HIGH WINDS AND SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA<br>BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT.<br><br>A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTAGE VALLEY AND EASTERN<br>TURNAGAIN ARM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH<br>WIND WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT ALONG WESTERN TURNAGAIN ARM AND HIGHER<br>ELEVATIONS IN ANCHORAGE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE<br>HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN<br>PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND...INCLUDING TURNAGAIN PASS...WHERE UP TO TWO<br>FEET OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL<br>MAKE TRAVEL ALONG THE SEWARD HIGHWAY TREACHEROUS.<br><br>ALTHOUGH THE ANCHORAGE BOWL AND MATANUSKA VALLEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO<br>SEE MUCH PRECIPITATION OUT OF THIS SYSTEM...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY<br>MOVE IN TO THESE AREAS LATE MONDAY AS THE STORM TRACKS INLAND.<br><br>$$<br><a href=http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov>Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage</a> http://www.weather.gov/alerts/AK.html#AKZ101.AFCNPWAER.141900 ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN...<br>EKLUTNA<br>519 AM AKST SUN NOV 22 2009<br><br>...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE<br>MONDAY NIGHT ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS...<br><br>THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND<br>WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE<br>MONDAY NIGHT.<br><br>A STRONG STORM OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC THIS MORNING WILL TRACK<br>NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA TONIGHT AND THEN<br>MOVE TO SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF COOK INLET ON MONDAY BEFORE<br>HEADING INLAND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO<br>PRODUCE EAST WINDS UP TO 80 MPH ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM AND HIGHER<br>ELEVATIONS SOMETIME DURING THE PERIOD FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON<br>THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.<br><br>PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...<br><br>A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS<br>HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS<br>WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS<br>WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW.<br><br><br><br>$$<br><a href=http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov>Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage</a>