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Heavy snow was falling Tuesday morning near Girdwood and Portage, causing difficult driving conditions.
An Arctic airmass is bringing winds expected to make it feel like it’s 20 to 40 degrees below zero in much of Southcentral Alaska, the weather service said.
And another cold snap lies ahead for the Anchorage area.
Another storm system is expected to bring more snow and lower temperatures to Southcentral Alaska in the coming week.
A new weather system is expected to bring more snow to the city starting early Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
The gusty weather came ahead of a storm that brought slick roads to the city and almost a foot of snow to parts of Mat-Su.
Winds picked up on the Anchorage Hillside on Monday evening, with some stations reporting gusts over 70 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
High temperatures were expected to hover at or above freezing for much of the week across the region.
A foot of snow and 90 mph wind gusts early Friday pushed avalanche danger to high in Turnagain Pass.
A total of between 3 and 6 inches of snow was forecast to fall on Anchorage, Eagle River, Indian and Eklutna through midday Sunday.
A recent cold snap has left temperatures across the state in the negative double digits and even as cold as minus 50 degrees.
Officials urged residents to conserve natural gas as a precautionary measure during the cold period but said there are no specific conservation measures in place.
Temperatures could reach nearly 30 below in some parts of the city this week, according to the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service recorded just over 104 inches of snow so far this season near Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
Anchorage and most Mat-Su schools shifted to remote learning Monday.
Valdez, Thompson Pass and the southern Copper River Basin could get up to 4 feet of snow at higher elevations over the next several days.
The city and much of Alaska saw notable but not record-breaking cold this week, a climatologist said.
Much of the capital’s snow so far this year has come from two storms that lasted for days. Officials have urged people to avoid nonessential travel.
The National Weather Service warned of potential problems on creeks in the Cook Inlet drainage, as well as in the Copper River Basin, through Sunday.
Anchorage and Mat-Su are facing a new round of wind and snow Friday, with up to 6 inches in the forecast on the Hillside and north of Palmer and Wasilla.
Most Anchorage schools switched to remote learning Wednesday after up to a foot of snow fell in the city.
All ASD schools will switch to remote learning except Girdwood PreK-8, which will be open as usual.
An avalanche warning was in effect for the mountains from Girdwood to Seward.