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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Anchorage AK

955 AM AKST Sat Feb 28 2026



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Anchorage-Anchorage Hillside / Eagle River-Eureka / Tahneta Pass-

Southern Kachemak Bay-SW Kenai Peninsula-NW Kenai Peninsula-

Skilak Lake-Southern Kenai Mtns-West Prince William Sound &

Whittier-Valdez-Northern Copper Valley-Western Copper Valley-

Central Copper Valley-Ernestine-Northern Susitna Valley-Southern

Copper Valley-Tok Cutoff-McCarthy-

Including the cities of Skilak Lake, Soldotna, Nanwalek, Eureka,

Seldovia, Seward, McCarthy, Tonsina, Broad Pass, Nebesna, Copper

Center, Denali Highway, Upper Eagle River, Sterling, Anchor

Point, Kenny Lake, Clam Gulch, Chenega, Mendeltna, Anchorage

Hillside, Homer, Nikiski, Nelchina, Mentasta Lake, Valdez, Lake

Louise, Chitina, Indian, Ninilchik, Kenai, Tolsona, Chulitna,

Whittier, Eagle River, Paxson, Eklutna, Anchorage, Chistochina,

Cooper Landing, Halibut Cove, Glennallen, Slana, Gakona, Tahneta

Pass, and 46 Mile

955 AM AKST Sat Feb 28 2026



...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM AKST THIS MORNING...



Temperatures will continue to warm through the afternoon.



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Thompson Pass-

Including the cities of Thompson Pass

955 AM AKST Sat Feb 28 2026



...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKST MONDAY...



* WHAT...Very cold wind chills from 40 to 55 below. Winds gusting 30 

  to 50 mph.



* WHERE...Thompson Pass.



* WHEN...Until 10 AM AKST Monday.



* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 50 below zero 

  could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a 

hat, and gloves.



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