Anchorage and much of the Kenai Peninsula are under a winter weather advisory.
Anchorage and much of the Kenai Peninsula are under auntil 1 a.m. Friday. It calls for ice accumulations around one tenth of an inch. “Although temperatures are likely to warm above freezing today, rain falling onto frozen and snow covered surfaces will quickly form ice,” the advisory says.
“Slow down and use caution while traveling.” Warmer air is moving into the area, but surface temperatures are hovering around freezing, said Kristine Chen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Anchorage. “What that means is that when we do have precipitation that makes it over the mountains and into the Anchorage area, it's melting as it comes down,” Chen said."It's falling as rain, and as soon as it hits the ground, it freezes.”on Tuesday, following a winter storm that dumped more than 10 inches of snow on the city, prompting early school dismissals and dozens of collisions.“Slow down, give yourself extra distance, especially if you're driving over bridges and overpasses,” she said. Chen said there are multiple storm systems moving in from the Gulf of Alaska, and they’ll bring several rounds of precipitation. The first one is expected to end early Thursday, she said, but more freezing rain“The expectation for that is that this first round could affect the morning commute, and then with that second round comes in, that could have additional impact for the evening or afternoon commute,” she said. Generally, she said, conditions are expected to be the worst on the east side of town, because they’re closer to mountains. “The general expectation is that conditions will be worst closer to the mountains,” she said. “I do have a relatively short commute, but there was not too much freezing rain on the west side of town."in Talkeetna, Willow and Trapper Creek on Wednesday, but all schools were open Thursday.
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