Special Weather Statement
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
535 PM AKDT SAT SEP 15 2012
…STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA…
AN UNSEASONABLE STORM OF CONSIDERABLE SIZE AND STRENGTH IS AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND THIS WEEKEND WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS.
THE LOW IS NEAR THE ALASKA PENINSULA MOVING TOWARDS BRISTOL BAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE INLAND SUNDAY TOWARDS THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY AND SLOWLY BEGIN WEAKENING SUNDAY NIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA EARLY ON SUNDAY. THIS FRONT THEN MOVES THROUGH PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND…THE KENAI PENINSULA AND POINTS INLAND DURING THE DAY SUNDAY.
STRONG WINDS:
THE SYSTEM IS STILL EXPECTED TO FEATURE STRONG WINDS BOTH AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT. TYPICAL CHANNELED AREAS AND THE GULF COAST WILL INITIALLY BEAR THE BRUNT TONIGHT…BUT WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SUNDAY EXPECT WINDS TO IMPACT AREAS FROM THE KENAI PENINSULA THROUGH THE MAT-SU VALLEY. WINDS WILL REMAIN PARTICULARLY STRONG SUNDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG COOK INLET AND THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA.
DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL AND UNUSUALLY STRONG WINDS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION…UPROOTED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE DIFFICULT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND.
HEAVY RAIN:
THE SYSTEM IS BRINGING WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN TO MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA. THE RAIN WILL BE PARTICULARLY HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG THE SOUTHERN TO EASTERN KENAI PENINSULA AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WHERE GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
THERE IS AN ELEVATED RISK OF FLOODING ACROSS THESE AREAS AND FLOOD ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INFORMED OF THIS SITUATION.
STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR THIS STORM.
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