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Tracking Major Hurricane Erin; Hot in the Mid-Mississippi Valley

Major Hurricane Erin is tracking just north of the lower Bahamas today. Dangerous surf and rip current threats increase this week for most of the Atlantic coastline. Erin's outerbands may impact the Outer Banks later this week. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are forecast today and Tuesday from a part of the southern Plains into the central to lower Mississippi River Valley. Read More >

Another round of widespread snowfall is expected to impact Southcentral Alaska beginning on Thursday and lasting through the
Friday morning commute. A weather system will slowly lift northward from the Alaska Peninsula. Snow will primarily impact the gulf
coast and the Kenai Peninsula during the day on Thursday before spreading into Anchorage and the Mat-Su regions late Thursday
evening into Friday morning. The greatest snowfall amounts are expected from Seward northward to Turnagain Pass. Significant
accumulations are possible along the western Kenai Peninsula, including the Homer area and Kenai. Farther north, several inches
of snow will also be possible from Anchorage into the Matanuska and Susitna Valleys, with snow potentially impacting the Friday
morning commute and leading to difficult travel conditions in these areas. The heaviest snowfall will then spread eastward
towards Valdez and Thompson Pass Friday morning into Friday afternoon.

Although there is high confidence that much of Southcentral Alaska will see accumulating snow from this system, there is still lower
confidence on the exact timing and amounts of snowfall. Please visit www.weather.gov/anchorage for your latest forecast and
updates on this developing winter weather situation.

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