WWAK81 PAFC 201435
SPSAER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
5 AM AST FRI JAN 20 2006

AKZ101-111-121-210200- 

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT TO 8 PM SUNDAY 
    NIGHT FOR THE COOK INLET AREA...

A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PRINCE WILLIAM
SOUND AREA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION
WELL INTO NEXT WEEK AND THE WIND ALOFT IS FROM THE SOUTHWEST BECOMING
SOUTH. THESE ARE THE USUAL INGREDIENTS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FOR
ANCHORAGE...THE KENAI PENINSULA...AND THE MATANUSKA VALLEY. 

SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND SHOULD PERSIST INTO SATURDAY FOR
THESE REGIONS. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
SNOWFALL WILL BE DRY AND FLUFFY BUT WILL ADD UP POSSIBLY INTO THE
DOUBLE DIGITS IN INCHES. THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE SNOW SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT THE NEXT LOW IS STRONGER AND MORE MOIST. THE GREATEST
SNOWFALL WILL PROBABLY OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE
FOLLOWING SYSTEM. 

PERSONS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS THE
AREA. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY WITH THE VERY LIGHT SNOW
LIFTED ALOFT HAMPERING VISIBILITY IN TRAFFIC. 

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP. 
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