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Packer, who skied nationally at the highest levels, used his engineering background to create Text Me The Snow.
The area popular with skiers and snowmachiners has a fresh blanket of more than 4 feet of snow.
It’s been warmer in Alaska this month than in three dozen other states.
Su Valley schools are closed again Tuesday due to hazardous road conditions, officials said.
Heavy rains and wind could trigger power outages, the National Weather Service warned.
The Gulf Coast city that rarely sees snowflakes has received more than double the snowfall that Anchorage has since Dec. 1, the start of the meteorological winter.
The weather service warned of 30 to 45 mph winds, with gusts up to 80 mph, for higher elevations around Anchorage and Eagle River.
Chugach Electric Association said about a dozen members were still without electricity Wednesday afternoon due to Sunday’s damaging winds and rain.
All Anchorage schools were closed Monday due to storm-related problems including outages, slick parking lots and building maintenance needs.
Peak gusts included 66 mph at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, 110 mph at Bear Valley and 107 mph at Arctic Valley.
Gusts of more than 60 mph were recorded at several locations across the city, and some higher elevations saw gusts exceeding 100 mph.
Merrill Field Airport reached 47 degrees on Monday and temperatures Tuesday remained in the high 30s and low 40s throughout Anchorage.
The University of Alaska Anchorage closed its campus Tuesday and People Mover warned of delays on routes.
Just under 2 inches of new snow fell the entire month, making it one of the least snowy on record.
Storms moving into the Gulf of Alaska are expected to push a warm front into the coast, leading to periods of light rain and freezing rain starting Saturday morning.
Much of the city saw winds at 40 mph or more, with far higher gusts on the Hillside and along Turnagain Arm.
The National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories for Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula and Mat-Su that all call for at least a glaze of ice.
Between 2 and 5 inches of additional snow was forecast for Palmer, Wasilla and Chickaloon, with the highest accumulation near the Talkeetna Mountains.
The Alaska Department of Transportation planned short-term work this week, but officials say there’s a need for more permanent erosion control measures.
A slow-moving storm could bring several inches of new snow to the Anchorage area as well as the Mat-Su and parts of the Kenai Peninsula.
The combination of gusting winds and snow could lead to “significantly” reduced visibility on some roads, the National Weather Service said.
The National Weather Service has issued weather alerts for several regions through Tuesday.
Meteorologists rely on the work churned out by people they never see, who feed weather information to supercomputers all over the world.