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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
224 PM AKST Wed Dec 3 2025

AKZ832>834-846-847-050000-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0083.000000T0000Z-251204T0000Z/
/O.NEW.PAFG.WS.A.0028.251206T0600Z-251209T0600Z/
Dalton Highway Summits-Yukon Flats-White Mountains and High
Terrain South of the Yukon River-Central Interior-Northern Denali
Borough-
Including the cities of Minto, the Elliott Highway from MP 32 to
MP 134, Anderson, Circle, the Steese Highway north of MP 124,
Rampart, Twelvemile Summit, the Parks Highway from MP 237 to MP
288, Finger Mountain, Circle Hot Springs, Livengood, Beaver, Lake
Minchumina, the Dalton Highway from MP 39 to MP 164, Healy, Fort
Yukon, Gobblers Knob, Eagle Summit, Tanana, Central, Venetie,
Kantishna, Manley Hot Springs, Prospect Creek, the Yukon River
Bridge, the Steese Highway from MP 85 to MP 124, the Dalton
Highway from MP 0 to MP 38, Denali National Park, and Stevens
Village
224 PM AKST Wed Dec 3 2025

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

* WHAT...Blowing snow, high winds, and very cold wind chills as low
  as 65 below zero possible. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.
  Blowing snow could reduce visibility to one half mile or less at
  times.

* WHERE...Central Interior, Dalton Highway Summits, Northern Denali
  Borough, White Mountains and High Terrain South of the Yukon
  River, and Yukon Flats.

* WHEN...From Friday evening through Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce
  visibility. Travel could be very difficult. Very cold wind chills
  as cold as 65 below could cause frostbite in as little as 5
  minutes.

Additional Details:
- The coldest wind chills will be over Eagle Summit on Saturday.
- The strongest winds will be over Elliott and Dalton Highway
Summits on Saturday night.
- This will be a prolonged period of very cold conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

&&

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AKZ848-850-050000-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0083.000000T0000Z-251204T0000Z/
/O.NEW.PAFG.WS.A.0028.251206T0300Z-251208T1200Z/
Southern Denali Borough-Eastern Alaska Range South of Trims Camp-
Including the cities of the Parks Highway from MP 202 MP 237, the
Richardson Highway from MP 202 to MP 224, Trims Camp, Carlo
Creek, and Cantwell
224 PM AKST Wed Dec 3 2025

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

* WHAT...Blizzard conditions possible. Northerly winds could gust as
  high as 60 mph. Ambient temperatures between 20 and 30 below along
  with these winds may produce very cold wind chills as low as 65
  below.

* WHERE...Eastern Alaska Range South of Trims Camp and Southern
  Denali Borough along the Parks Highway near Cantwell.

* WHEN...From Friday evening through late Sunday night.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. Frostbite may occur in
  as little as 5 minutes to exposed skin. Blowing snow may reduce
  visibility to one quarter mile or less at times. This will be a
  prolonged period of very cold conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare for possible blizzard conditions. Continue to monitor the
latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

&&

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AKZ835-837>845-849-040030-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0083.000000T0000Z-251204T0000Z/
Fortymile Country-Delta Junction-Upper Chena River Valley-Tanana
Flats-Eielson AFB and Salcha-Goldstream Valley and Nenana Hills-
Chatanika River Valley-Two Rivers-Fairbanks Metro Area-Nenana-
Eastern Alaska Range North of Trims Camp-
Including the cities of Birch Lake, Chena Hot Springs Road east
of MP 34, Deltana, the Richardson Highway from MP 317 to MP 346,
the Elliott Highway from MP 1 to MP 32, Ester, Eielson AFB, Ester
Dome, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Haystack, Two Rivers, Fort
Wainwright, the Parks Highway from MP 290 to 325, the Steese
Highway from MP 12 to MP 85, the Richardson Highway from MP
224 to MP 259, Fox, Chena Hot Springs Road from MP 12 to MP 34,
the Taylor Highway north of MP 9, Murphy Dome, Chicken, Eagle,
Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Salcha, Harding Lake, Moose Creek,
Fort Greely, the Richardson Highway from MP 295 to MP 317,
Nenana, Chena Hot Springs, the Parks Highway from MP 325 to MP
342, and North Pole
224 PM AKST Wed Dec 3 2025

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

$$