Special Weather Statement issued January 20 at 4:56PM AKST by NWS Fairbanks AK

Western Alaska will continue to see storm after storm as the week
progresses. There is increasing likelihood that a much stronger
storm will impact the West Coast and Western Interior Thursday
into Friday. Potential impacts from this storm include southerly
high winds of 40 to 55+ mph and blowing snow, heavy snowfall
transitioning to rain, and then a changeover back to more snowfall
along a strong arctic front into the weekend. For coastal
locations, there is a possibility for water to come up over the
ice due to the strong onshore winds. Given the warmth of the
airmass and the amount of liquid precipitation, travel will become
quite difficult late week into the weekend.

There is still some uncertainty regarding the strength and
positioning of the storm. Stay tuned for future updates as details
are ironed out in future forecasts.

Information on the latest forecast can be found by visiting our
website, www.weather.gov/afg.