Winter Weather Advisory

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation likely. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 7 inches. Ice accumulations of around a trace to a light glaze.

* WHERE...East Turnagain Arm, and West Prince William Sound & Whittier.

* WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 1 AM AKST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. Visibility could be significantly reduced within heavy snow.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A strong and complex weather system is expected to move over the Kenai Peninsula beginning late this morning to early this afternoon. Light snow is expected to become steady by late this afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times, this evening through early Tuesday morning. East winds from Prince William Sound will move through Whittier and across Eastern Turnagain Arm tonight into Tuesday morning quickly changing the snow at lower elevations to rain. At higher elevations, the snow may become a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain before changing to rain. Any rain may also lead to slush and ponding of water on roads.