Winter

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL
 WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 717 PM AKST
WED JAN 11 2012  A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
 MOVE INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THURSDAY
MORNING THEN DRIFT BACK INTO THE NORTHERN GULF
 OF ALASKA THURSDAY NIGHT. 
AKZ101-121730- /X.EXT.PAFC.WW.Y.0008.120112T0900Z
-120113T0600Z/ ANCHORAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.
..ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA 717 PM
 AKST WED JAN 11 2012  ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW
 IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM AKST THURSDAY...
 THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
 TONIGHT TO 9 PM AKST THURSDAY.  * SNOW...8 TO 16 INCHES...
HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS.  * TIMING...SNOW WILL
BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND INTENSIFY   OVERNIGHT THEN GRADUALLY
 LIGHTEN UP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND   EVENING.  * IMPACTS...TRAVEL
 MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE   LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL.
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS
THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.