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Total snow accumulations\nbetween 3 and 7 inches for Whittier, Eastern Turnagain Arm,\nGirdwood, and from Moose Pass to north of Seward. Total snow\naccumulations between 5 and 10 inches of snow from Turnagain Pass\nto Tern Lake, including the Hope Cutoff. Ice accumulations around a\nlight glaze possible from Turnagain Pass to Tern Lake and up to one\ntenth of an inch from the Hope Cutoff to Hope. Easterly winds 55 to\n70 mph possible for Eastern Turnagain Arm Tuesday morning.\n\n* WHERE...East Turnagain Arm, and Western Prince William Sound.\n\n* WHEN...From Monday morning through Tuesday afternoon.\n\n* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. Visibility could be\nsignificantly reduced within heavy snow.\n\n* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A strong and complex weather system is\nexpected to move over the Kenai Peninsula beginning Monday morning.\nLight snow to become steady by late Monday afternoon with snow,\nheavy at times, Monday night through early Tuesday morning. East\nwinds from Prince William Sound will move through Whittier and\nacross Eastern Turnagain Arm Monday morning quickly changing the\nsnow at lower elevations to rain. At higher elevations, the snow","instruction":"Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.","url":"https://alerts.weather.gov/search?id=urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.c320e6d3b099419dbf6e2ab5f5b46968f772389a.004.1","starts":"2026-11-09T10:00:00-09:00","ends":"2026-11-10T16:00:00-09:00","id":"nws-urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c320e6d3b099419dbf6e2ab5f5b46968f772389a.004.1"}],"url":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/sites/chugach-national-forest/","boundaryUrl":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/boundaries/chugach-national-forest.geojson"}