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.
