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yellow warning - wind - in effect — South Klondike Highway - Carcross to White Pass, Canada

Event time: Last updated: 57 min ago Canada
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Damaging winds are expected.

When:
Tuesday until very early Wednesday morning

What:
Wind gusts up to 90 km/h

Where:
- White Pass
- Atlin
- Teslin
- Whitehorse
- Haines Junction
- Kluane Lake
- Pelly-Carmacks.

Additional Information:
A very deep and robust low pressure system will form over the Aleutians and push into Alaska later this evening. Winds will increase tonight and early Tuesday morning. By midday Tuesday, the deep low will make its way into central Yukon. Very strong southerly winds gusting up to 90 km/h are expected with this system.

Near White Pass, challenging travel conditions can be expected overnight through Tuesday morning due to strong winds and blowing snow.

By early Wednesday morning the low will have moved out of the Yukon and the strong winds will subside at that time.

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Local utility outages are possible. High-sided vehicles will be pushed around by the wind.

Wind warnings are issued when there is a significant risk of damaging winds.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to YTstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #YTStorm.

Measurements

Coordinates59.9264, -134.8199
RegionSouth Klondike Highway - Carcross to White Pass
Location Precisionpolygon
Issuing AuthorityCanada — ca-msc-xx
Cap UrgencyFuture
Cap CertaintyLikely
Cap Expires2026-10-20T14:40:11-00:00

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