The University of Alaska Anchorage is also closed Tuesday, with Kenai Peninsula Borough schools on a two-hour delay.
According to the National Weather Service, Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley remain under“Rain falling on and flowing across frozen surfaces will continue to pose a hazard,” meteorologists wrote.
Weather Service meteorologist Carson Jones said Tuesday morning that the freezing rain is part of a low-pressure system with hurricane-force winds from the North Pacific that moved north into Cook Inlet. Its winds brought 80-mph gusts to much of Southcentral Alaska, prompting high wind warnings that ended earlier Tuesday.
Most precipitation from the system fell as rain, Jones said, with snow only reported in Talkeetna. Some hail was falling in Anchorage Tuesday morning, due to a heavy band of precipitation passing through the area.“The amount of ice that’s been able to accumulate on the roads has definitely been very significant,” he said.
The freezing rain arrived at midday Monday, with Palmer-based Alaska State Troopers responding to more than two dozen collisions between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday. Anchorage policeMonday afternoon, with work continuing into Tuesday.Icy roads were a cause for many accidents throughout Anchorage on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Jones said most rainfall across Southcentral should taper off by late Tuesday morning. Residents of the region can expect temperatures to gradually fall below freezing over the next few days, potentially refreezing still-wet roads.
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