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Cold Weather Advisory
Issued: 8:05 PM Dec. 24, 2025 – National Weather Service
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerously cold temperatures as low as zero. * WHERE...Petersburg Borough, Western Kupreanof Island and Kuiu Island and City and Borough of Wrangell. * WHEN...Until 6 PM AKST this evening. * IMPACTS...Frostbite and hypothermia are possible if exposed to these temperatures.
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 12:49 AM Dec. 24, 2025 – National Weather Service
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW THEN HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PANHANDLE... After an extended period of much colder than normal temperatures, a significant weather system will bring heavy snow changing over to rain across the central and southern panhandle. On Christmas night into Friday morning, a quick-moving low will push along the eastern gulf coast and into far southeast Alaska, bringing light to moderate snow, with around 1 to 3 inches of snow possible. Over the weekend, high pressure shifting east and a low moving into the northern gulf will help steer an atmospheric river of deep moisture into southeast Alaska. Heavy snow is expected to push into the panhandle by late Friday night or early Saturday morning. However, a tongue of much warmer air lifting into the panhandle will be mixed down to the surface by the winds to quickly changeover the snow to rain across most of the region on Saturday. Moderate to heavy rainfall is then expected through the weekend. The rainfall on top of the snow is expected to result in excessive runoff that could lead to poor drainage on roadways and localized areas of flooding. Now would be the time to act by clearing snow on the ground around drainage areas and making preparations for snowmelt and rain. Uncertainty remains on specific snowfall amounts before the changeover to rain and will be highly dependent on temperature rises and changeover times, but preliminary snowfall forecast of around 5 to 10 inches are possible for Sitka, Prince of Wales Island and Ketchikan. Locations further inland could have a later changeover to rain, with higher snowfall totals likely for Angoon, Kake, Petersburg, Wrangell and Hyder. Additionally 4 to 6 inches of rainfall on top of the snow are possible through the weekend along with any melt from the current snow pack that would result in more runoff. Stay tuned to the forecast over the coming days for updates as this evolving system nears and a the scope and scale of impacts become more clear.
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