Severe Cold Wave ● Monitoring
Winter Storm Watch issued October 17 at 4:35AM AKDT until October 22 at 4:00AM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks AK, United States of America
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* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 12 to 24
inches possible above 2500 feet and 6 to 12 inches possible below
2500 feet, with locally higher amounts possible above pass level.
Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.
* WHERE...Eastern Alaska Range.
* WHEN...From Monday afternoon through late Wednesday night.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. Areas of blowing snow
could significantly reduce visibility.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Following strong southerly winds north of
Trims Camp on Monday, moderate to heavy snow is expected to build
in late Monday through Tuesday and Wednesday as winds shift to
being out of the north. This Winter Storm Watch will follow the
Wind Advisory that is issued for north of Trims Camp on Monday.
Measurements
| Coordinates | 39.9645, -100.8105 |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Alaska Range North of Trims Camp; Eastern Alaska Range South of Trims Camp |
| Location Precision | country |
| Issuing Authority | United States of America — us-noaa-nws-en |
| Cap Urgency | Future |
| Cap Certainty | Possible |
| Cap Expires | 2026-10-17T16:00:00-08:00 |
Official source
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Severity as published by WMO Alert Hub (national weather services).
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Source updated 2 days ago (Oct 17, 2026 12:37 UTC) · we last heard from WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) 18 seconds ago
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Internet connectivity at the time
Internet connectivity in United States dropped 11 hours after this event, and stayed disrupted for about 1 hour.
From 18 Oct 2026 00:00 UTC to 18 Oct 2026 01:00 UTC. Detected by active probing — networks that stopped answering.
Internet outages have many causes — damaged cables, power failures, network maintenance and deliberate shutdowns among them. IODA detects the loss of connectivity and does not attribute it to anything. This is shown because it happened at the same time, not because one caused the other.
Measured by IODA, Georgia Institute of Technology.
About this location
The agency did not publish coordinates for this warning. The pin is the centre of the country, not the location of the event — read the area name, not the map, for where it applies.
Area as the agency stated it: Eastern Alaska Range North of Trims Camp; Eastern Alaska Range South of Trims Camp
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