Weather Alerts for Alaska

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1. Air Quality Alert for: Fairbanks Metro Area

2. Blizzard Warning for: Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast

3. Cold Weather Advisory for: Anchorage; Anchorage Hillside / Eagle River

4. Cold Weather Advisory for: Central Brooks Range; Romanzof Mountains

5. Cold Weather Advisory for: Eureka / Tahneta Pass; Northern Copper Valley; Western Copper Valley; Central Copper Valley; Ernestine; Northern Susitna Valley; Southern Copper Valley; Tok Cutoff; McCarthy

6. Cold Weather Advisory for: Kuskokwim Delta Coast and Nunivak Island; Interior Kuskokwim Delta

7. Cold Weather Advisory for: South Slopes Of The Eastern Brooks Range; South Slopes Of The Central Brooks Range

8. Cold Weather Advisory for: Southern Kachemak Bay; SW Kenai Peninsula; NW Kenai Peninsula; Skilak Lake; Southern Kenai Mtns

9. Cold Weather Advisory for: Thompson Pass

10. Cold Weather Advisory for: Valdez

11. Cold Weather Advisory for: West Prince William Sound & Whittier

12. Cold Weather Advisory for: White Mountains and High Terrain South of the Yukon River

13. Winter Storm Warning for: City and Borough of Juneau

14. Winter Storm Warning for: City of Hyder

15. Winter Storm Warning for: Glacier Bay; Eastern Chichagof Island; Cape Fairweather to Lisianski Strait

16. Winter Storm Warning for: Petersburg Borough; City and Borough of Wrangell

17. Winter Storm Watch for: Petersburg Borough; City and Borough of Wrangell

18. Winter Weather Advisory for: Admiralty Island; Western Kupreanof and Kuiu Island; Prince of Wales Island

19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Central Beaufort Sea Coast

20. Winter Weather Advisory for: City and Borough of Sitka

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Weather Topic: What is Fog?

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Fog Next Topic: Fractus Clouds

Fog is technically a type of stratus cloud, which lies along the ground and obscures visibility.

It is usually created when humidity in the air condenses into tiny water droplets. Because of this, some places are more prone to foggy weather, such as regions close to a body of water.

Fog is similar to mist; both are the appearance of water droplets suspended in the air, but fog is the term applied to the condition when visibility is less than 1 km.

Next Topic: Fractus Clouds

Weather Topic: What is Freezing Rain?

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Next Topic: Graupel

Freezing rain is a condition where precipitation which has fallen in the form of water droplets reaches temperatures which are below freezing and freezes upon coming into contact with surface objects. The result of this precipitation is a glaze of ice which can be damaging to plants and man-made structures. A severe onset of freezing rain which results in a very thick glaze of ice is known as an ice storm.

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