🚨 WINTER STORM WATCH - Alaska Weather 3/15 - Morning

Good morning. Alaska. I'm Michael Mosby. Alaska is throwing everything at you today, brutal cold up north. Messy snow in the middle, a full-blown winter storm charging through Southeast. As the sun sets. Let's start in the Interior, where the cold is vicious, fairbanks woke up to minus 21 degrees. You'll climb to just 5 degrees this afternoon — well below normal for mid-March. Tonight drops back to minus 26, wind chills plunge to minus 36 degrees. That's the kind of cold that bites through everything. Cover exposed skin. Frostbite doesn't ask permission. Down in Southcentral, it's milder but messy, while anchorage sits at 7 degrees with light snow through mid-morning. You'll reach 17 degrees this afternoon, snow tapers off by evening. Tonight falls to 3 degrees. Southeast Alaska is where the real action unfolds, while a powerful low is charging north from the Pacific. Juneau starts at 25 degrees with snow showers already moving through, by this afternoon, scattered snow turns to steady snow. Expect 2 to 4 inches by evening, temperatures climb to 33 degrees. East winds gust to 20 miles an hour. As the sun sets. Tonight the storm intensifies, heavy snow blankets Southeast. Eight to 12 inches possible overnight, winds ramp up along the coast, gusting to 25 miles an hour. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect through Monday afternoon. Here's your heads-up for the week ahead, while the Interior stays locked in unseasonable cold through Friday. Highs struggle to reach zero, lows in the minus S Two0s to minus 30s. Southcentral sees mostly sunny skies Monday through Wednesday with highs in the low teens. Southeast continues snowy through the week as the Gulf low lingers, while additional accumulations of 8 to 18 inches by Friday. Drive carefully in that snow. See you this afternoon.