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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
402 AM AKDT Tue Jul 2 2024

AKZ811-812-831>835-837>848-030615-
South Slopes Of The Eastern Brooks Range-
South Slopes Of The Central Brooks Range-Upper Koyukuk Valley-
Dalton Highway Summits-Yukon Flats-
White Mountains and High Terrain South of the Yukon River-
Fortymile Country-Delta Junction-Upper Chena River Valley-
Tanana Flats-Eielson AFB and Salcha-
Goldstream Valley and Nenana Hills-Chatanika River Valley-
Two Rivers-Fairbanks Metro Area-Nenana-Central Interior-
Northern Denali Borough-Southern Denali Borough-
Including Arctic Village, Wiseman, Coldfoot, Chandalar DOT Camp,
Iniakuk Lake, the Dalton Highway from MP 165 to MP 232,
Allakaket, Bettles, Evansville, Alatna, Gobblers Knob,
Prospect Creek, Finger Mountain, The Yukon River Bridge,
The Dalton Highway from MP 39 to MP 164, Fort Yukon, Venetie,
Circle, Central, Stevens Village, Beaver,
The Steese Highway north of MP 124, Livengood,
Circle Hot Springs, Eagle Summit, Twelvemile Summit,
The Steese Highway from MP 85 to MP 124,
The Elliott Highway from MP 32 to MP 134,
The Dalton Highway from MP 0 to MP 38, Eagle, Chicken,
The Taylor Highway north of MP 9, Delta Junction, Fort Greely,
Deltana, Chena Hot Springs, Chena Hot Springs Road east of MP 34,
Birch Lake, The Richardson Highway from MP 295 to MP 317,
Eielson AFB, Salcha, Moose Creek, Harding Lake,
The Richardson Highway from MP 317 to MP 346, Ester Dome,
Murphy Dome, The Parks Highway from MP 325 to MP 342, Haystack,
The Elliott Highway from MP 1 to MP 32,
The Steese Highway from MP 12 to MP 85, Two Rivers,
Chena Hot Springs Road from MP 12 to MP 34, Fairbanks,
Fort Wainwright, Ester, North Pole, Fox, Nenana,
The Parks Highway from MP 290 to 325, Tanana, Minto,
Manley Hot Springs, Rampart, Lake Minchumina, Healy,
Denali National Park, Kantishna, Anderson,
The Parks Highway from MP 237 to MP 288, Cantwell, Carlo Creek,
and The Parks Highway from MP 202 MP 237
402 AM AKDT Tue Jul 2 2024

...Wetter and Cooler Later This Week for the Northern Mainland...

A cooldown begins after today (Tuesday) as a strong low from
Siberia moves southeast across the Mainland. Southwest winds
increase through Wednesday and will become quite gusty, with
widespread 15 to 25 mph winds, and gusts to 35 to 40 mph over the
higher elevations and the Northern Interior (areas from the White
Mountains and northward), by Wednesday afternoon. This will
increase ventilation rates and will continue to result in some
improvement in air quality over the Interior, but there will still
be active wildfires, so smoke will not completely go away.

Chances for rain increase Wednesday and Wednesday night and into
the 4th of July holiday, with periods of rain continuing into the
weekend as successive waves of moisture move inland. Temperatures
will be near seasonal norms on Wednesday, and will drop below
seasonal norms by late week. Periods of rainfall will likely
continue through the weekend, with widespread rainfall totals of
0.75 to 1.5 inches, highest over higher terrain, with slightly
less rainfall in the dry areas in a westerly flow regime, such as
the Yukon Flats and SE Interior.

Stay tuned to the latest forecast updates at www.weather.gov/afg

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