Weather Alerts For Portage Glacier, AK

# HEADLINE -------------------- WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 7 inches for Whittier, Eastern Turnagain Arm, Girdwood, and from Moose Pass to north of Seward. Total snow accumulations between 5 and 10 inches of snow from Turnagain Pass to Tern Lake, including the Hope Cutoff. Ice accumulations around a light glaze possible from Turnagain Pass to Tern Lake and up to one tenth of an inch from the Hope Cutoff to Hope. Easterly winds 55 to 70 mph possible for Eastern Turnagain Arm Tuesday morning. WHERE East Turnagain Arm, and Western Prince William Sound. WHEN From Monday morning through Tuesday afternoon. IMPACTS Travel could be very difficult. Visibility could be significantly reduced within heavy snow. ADDITIONAL DETAILS A strong and complex weather system is expected to move over the Kenai Peninsula beginning Monday morning. Light snow to become steady by late Monday afternoon with snow, heavy at times, Monday night through early Tuesday morning. East winds from Prince William Sound will move through Whittier and across Eastern Turnagain Arm Monday morning quickly changing the snow at lower elevations to rain. At higher elevations, the snow may become a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain before changing to rain. Any rain may also lead to slush and ponding of water on roads. The easterly winds through Whittier and Eastern Turnagain Arm may peak around 60 and 70 mph before diminishing Tuesday afternoon. ISSUED AT Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 12:26 PM AKST ISSUED BY National Weather Service Anchorage AK HEADER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- East Turnagain Arm, Interior Kenai Peninsula, Portage, Southern Kenai Mtns, Turnagain Pass, West Prince William Sound & Whittier Including the cities of Moose Pass, Summit Lake, Portage, Turnagain Pass, Whittier, Seward, Girdwood, Hope, and Chenega