Special Weather Statement issued October 17 at 2:54PM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks AK
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A low in the Gulf of Alaska will will bring a front to the Alaska Range and Central Interior Tuesday and Wednesday. There is uncertainty with the exact strength and placement of this front and we are currently expecting around 3 to 6 inches of snow from the Western Alaska Range to Fairbanks. However, there is a 30% chance for snow accumulations exceeding 6 inches in this area. Currently, the greatest likelihood of this occurring is towards Eielson AFB and areas east, where Winter Storm Watches are in effect. If the front is a bit farther to the west, this chance increases dramatically in/around Fairbanks. There may end up being a west to east gradient where Eielson gets 6 inches or more of snow, and Fairbanks south/west only gets a couple of inches. We will be monitoring this storm very closely and will have more information as the details become clearer.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- AK, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Tanana Flats; Eielson AFB and Salcha; Goldstream Valley and Nenana Hills; Chatanika River Valley; Two Rivers; Fairbanks Metro Area; Nenana; Northern Denali Borough; Southern Denali Borough
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-17T14:54:00-08:00
- states
- ["AK"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-17T14:54:00-08:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.404ee4dff34032071ae2f502c2c26a647513d8a9.001.1
- references
- []
- message type
- Alert
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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