Winter Weather Advisory

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation likely. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 5 inches, except 5 to 8 inches through Turnagain Pass. Ice accumulations of around a trace to a light glaze.

* WHERE...East Turnagain Arm, Portage Valley, and Turnagain Pass.

* WHEN...Until 1 AM AKST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult. Visibility could be significantly reduced within heavy snow, especially through Turnagain Pass. Ponding of water on roadways is likely after the change from snow to rain due to melting snow and moderate rainfall.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow will develop this afternoon, then transition to freezing rain and rain this evening into the overnight hours. The transition will occur first for Portage Valley and the Seward Highway corridor along east Turnagain Arm, with rain and temperatures warming above freezing by early evening at latest. Snow will hold on longer through Turnagain Pass and vicinity through the evening before changing to rain overnight. Any freezing rain that falls will be brief in nature.