High winds and driving rain are not unusual for this time of year in Southeast. But with the first big fall storm on its way, NWSJuneau says it’s time to get prepared.
Southeast Alaska’s first big fall storm is forecast to wash ashore this week. Kimberly Vaughan with the National Weather Service in Juneau says it’ll bring strong winds and heavy rains to the panhandle.Monday morning. “It’s going to make landfall between the Yakutat and Cordova area.”The northern panhandle is in for the strongest winds and heaviest rains: meteorologists arewinds of 40 to 55 miles per hour Tuesday night with some areas reaching 60 miles per hour.
In southern panhandle communities like Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg, meteorologists are expecting peak winds of up to 40 miles per hour Tuesday night with some stronger winds possible. There’s one to two inches of rain in the forecast through Thursday for that area. High winds and driving rain are not unusual for this time of year in Southeast. But with the first big fall storm on its way, Vaughan says it’s time to get prepared.
“This is a great time to just make sure you’ve picked up everything as far as anything that might blow around that you don’t want to lose,” Vaughan said. “Make sure you know where your rubber boots and raincoats are.”Stations across Southeast, including in Ketchikan, Sitka, Petersburg, Haines and Juneau broke records with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s.
A handful of high temp records were broken Sat. as temps reached into the 60s, which is about 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. Some COOP's reported this morning with more record high temp records being broken.
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