WWAK89 PAMC 250121
SPSMCG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MCGRATH AK
421 PM AKST WED NOV 24 2010
AKZ227-250700-
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
421 PM AKST WED NOV 24 2010
...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER
AND ADJOINING DRAINAGES TO INCLUDE STREAMS,LAKES AND SLOUGHS...
UNSEASONABLY WARM AND WET WEATHER ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY THE LAST
THREE DAYS FOLLOWED BY AN EXPECTED DROP IN TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND
INTO THE THANKSGIVING DAY WEEKEND HAS CREATED DANGEROUS ICE
CONDITIONS FOR TRAVEL. CURRENT RIVER CONDITIONS AT MCGRATH OBSERVED
AT 400 PM AKST TODAY INCLUDE ROTTEN OR VERY THIN ICE WITH OPEN FLOW
ALONG THE EDGES OF THE RIVER. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
HIDDEN BY THIN ICE AND SNOWFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TRAVEL IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. MCGRATH AIRPORT
RECORDED 2.1 INCHES OF RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 40'S THE
LAST THREE DAYS.   
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RH NOV 10