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SPSAER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKST SUN DEC 13 2009
AKZ101-111-121-125-131-135-141-145-150000-
...SNOW TO RETURN TO SOUTHCENTRAL...
AFTER A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH AREAS OF LOW
ELEVATION ICE FOG...A MORE UNSETTTLED...SNOWY WEATHER PATTERN IS
ABOUT TO RETURN TO SOUTHCENTRAL. THE CAUSE FOR THE SNOW WILL BE A
WEAK LOW PRESSURE FORMING MONDAY OVER THE EASTERN KENAI PENINSULA OR
WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY FOR A
FEW DAYS.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY...BUT WILL BE
FAIRLY LIGHT AT FIRST. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
INTENSIFY LATE MONDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW DIVING DOWN OUT OF THE
ARCTIC BEGINS TO ENHANCE THE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA.
WITH VERY LITTLE CHANGING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...EXPECT THE SNOW TO
CONTINUE. THERE IS A CHANCE THE SNOW COULD EVEN CONTINUE INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
AREA. ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO GIVE OUT EXACT SNOWFALL
TOTALS...THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM THE EASTERN KENAI EAST
TOWARD VALDEZ. THE ANCHORAGE BOWL...MATANUSKA VALLEY...SOUTHEAST
SUSITNA VALLEY...AND COPPER RIVER BASIN STAND TO GET AT LEAST
SEVERAL INCHES AS WELL.
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
WWAK81 PAFC 140043
SPSAER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKST SUN DEC 13 2009
AKZ101-111-121-125-131-135-141-145-150000-
...SNOW TO RETURN TO SOUTHCENTRAL...
AFTER A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH AREAS OF LOW
ELEVATION ICE FOG...A MORE UNSETTTLED...SNOWY WEATHER PATTERN IS
ABOUT TO RETURN TO SOUTHCENTRAL. THE CAUSE FOR THE SNOW WILL BE A
WEAK LOW PRESSURE FORMING MONDAY OVER THE EASTERN KENAI PENINSULA OR
WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY FOR A
FEW DAYS.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY...BUT WILL BE
FAIRLY LIGHT AT FIRST. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
INTENSIFY LATE MONDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW DIVING DOWN OUT OF THE
ARCTIC BEGINS TO ENHANCE THE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA.
WITH VERY LITTLE CHANGING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...EXPECT THE SNOW TO
CONTINUE. THERE IS A CHANCE THE SNOW COULD EVEN CONTINUE INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
AREA. ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO GIVE OUT EXACT SNOWFALL
TOTALS...THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM THE EASTERN KENAI EAST
TOWARD VALDEZ. THE ANCHORAGE BOWL...MATANUSKA VALLEY...SOUTHEAST
SUSITNA VALLEY...AND COPPER RIVER BASIN STAND TO GET AT LEAST
SEVERAL INCHES AS WELL.
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
