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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
National Weather Service ANCHORAGE AK
346 PM AKDT Tue Oct 3 2023
 
Alaska Peninsula-Eastern Aleutians-
Including the cities of Cold Bay, Sand Point, Unalaska,
and Nikolski
346 PM AKDT Tue Oct 3 2023
 
...TRACE ASHFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS UNIMAK, AKUTAN, AND UNALASKA ISLANDS...
 
As of 2300Z or 3:00 PM AKDT Tuesday afternoon, satellite imagery
detected an ongoing plume of ash from the recent eruption of
Shishaldin. This ash plume is drifting southwest just south of
Unimak, Akutan, and Unalaska Islands. As winds turn more southerly
through the evening, this ash could move north across those
islands. Trace amounts of ashfall are possible for the communities
of Akutan, and Unalaska.
 
This statement will be updated if conditions change.