Mind the commute on Monday morning, Anchorage and Matanuska Valley. Even though it's the tail-end of March, four days past the vernal equinox, and the blizzard alert for Friday fizzled at lower elevations, it's still winter around Cook Inlet.
The National Weather Service is warning Anchorage area residents that a "classic, long-duration snow event" has arrived.
Forecasters predict the storm will bring 6-13 inches of snow in a series of snowfalls to Alaska's most populated region by Monday evening, when the intermittent dumping is expected to end. The showers are expected to be heaviest overnight Sunday into Monday morning.
On Facebook, the NWS writes that the storm is developing "as a polar vortex across northwest Alaska merges with another system across the northern Gulf of Alaska. As the surface low develops into Prince William Sound tonight into Monday, cold air will be drawn into Cook Inlet and the Matanuska Valley."
See? Classic. Grab that retro snow shovel and your favorite "Hawaii 86" football jersey.