Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
915 WWAK83 PAFG 301402 SPSAFG Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 602 AM AKDT Wed Sep 30 2026 AKZ832-834-835-838-840-842>844-010500- Dalton Highway Summits- White Mountains and High Terrain South of the Yukon River- Fortymile Country-Upper Chena River Valley-Eielson AFB and Salcha- Chatanika River Valley-Two Rivers-Fairbanks Metro Area- Including Gobblers Knob, Prospect Creek, Finger Mountain, the Yukon River Bridge, the Dalton Highway from MP 39 to MP 164, 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, Chena Hot Springs, Chena Hot Springs Road east of MP 34, Eielson AFB, Salcha, Moose Creek, Harding Lake, the Richardson Highway from MP 317 to MP 346, 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, and Fox 602 AM AKDT Wed Sep 30 2026 ...Light Accumulating Snow Wednesday Night and Thursday... With widespread colder weather across the Interior, another front will bring light snow to the area Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Generally, about 1 inch or less is expected around Fairbanks, although some isolated locations could receive locally higher amounts. Towards the Chena Recreational Area, Chena Hot Springs, White Mountains and Fortymile Country, snow totals will be around 1 to 3 inches. Drier weather returns by Friday. $$