YEP it's springtime. Channel 2 Weather Team Residents in and around the Anchorage Bowl....be aware. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ACROSS ALL OF THE ANCHORAGE BOWL...EAGLE RIVER AND HILLSIDE. * SNOW...12 TO 18 INCHES...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUE MORNING. HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE HILLSIDE. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW. AS THE LOW NEARS PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND COLD AIR BEGINS TO BLEED ACROSS UPPER COOK INLET OVERNIGHT...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HEAVY SNOW SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS THE LOW BECOMES STATIONARY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD START TO DIMINISH LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW WEAKENS...THOUGH SOME LINGERING PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW COULD CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. This was posted 38 minutes ago (about 14:03, 03/24/2013)