URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK

347 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012

WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…KENAI…SOLDOTNA…HOMER...

COOPER LANDING

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IN EFFECT

FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF

THE STERLING HIGHWAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT

FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATION…ALONG AND NORTH OF THE STERLING HIGHWAY.

* SNOW…1 TO 6 INCHES…HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE

STERLING HIGHWAY.

* ICE…UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

* TIMING…SNOW DEVELOPING DURING THE EVENING…THEN MIXING WITH

OR CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS…TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE

TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED

VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.