Anchorage, Alaska
Regional Weather Alerts
| Alert: | Red Flag Warning |
| Area(s): | Upper Kobuk Valleys; Lower Koyukuk Valley |
| Effective: | 7aaeor51aa -> 8aaeor0aa |
| Onset: | 7apeor0ap -> 7apeor0ap |
| Severity: | Severe |
| Certainty: | Likely |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Issued By: | NWS Fairbanks AK on 7aaeor51aa |
| Headline: | Red Flag Warning issued July 6 at 11:51PM AKDT until July 8 at 12:00AM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks AK |
| Description: |
* AFFECTED AREA...Upper Kobuk Valleys and Lower Koyukuk Valley. * TIMING...From noon Monday to midnight AKDT Monday night. * THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE INDEX...4, Scattered to Numerous. * WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Stronger gusts are possible in thunderstorms. * HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Highs in the upper 80s. * IMPACTS...Numerous wet thunderstorms across the interior will bring frequent lightning strikes and gusty winds. |
| Alert: | Red Flag Warning |
| Area(s): | South Slopes Of The Central Brooks Range; Upper Koyukuk Valley; Dalton Highway Summits |
| Effective: | 7aaeor46aa -> 8aaeor0aa |
| Onset: | 7apeor0ap -> 7apeor0ap |
| Severity: | Severe |
| Certainty: | Likely |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Issued By: | NWS Fairbanks AK on 7aaeor46aa |
| Headline: | Red Flag Warning issued July 6 at 11:46PM AKDT until July 8 at 12:00AM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks AK |
| Description: |
The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a Red Flag Warning for lightning, which is in effect from noon Monday to midnight AKDT Monday night. * AFFECTED AREA...South Slopes Of The Central Brooks Range, Upper Koyukuk Valley and Dalton Highway Summits. * TIMING...From noon Monday to midnight AKDT Monday night. * THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE INDEX...4, Scattered to Numerous. * WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Stronger gusts are possible in thunderstorms. * HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Highs in the mid 80s. * IMPACTS...Numerous wet thunderstorms across the interior will bring frequent lightning strikes and gusty winds. |
| Alert: | Hydrologic Outlook |
| Area(s): | Lower Matanuska Valley |
| Effective: | 6apeor37ap |
| Onset: | 6apeor37ap -> 7apeor0ap |
| Severity: | Unknown |
| Certainty: | Possible |
| Urgency: | Future |
| Issued By: | NWS Anchorage AK on 6apeor37ap |
| Headline: | Hydrologic Outlook issued July 6 at 4:37PM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AK |
| Description: |
ESFAFC Water levels on the Matanuska River along the Old Glenn Highway are expected to remain elevated through early this week due to a combination of recent warm temperatures, diurnal trends in snow and glacial melt upriver, and potential additional rainfall Monday and Tuesday. No additional bank erosion along the Matanuska River, particularly between miles 13 and 15 near the Maud Road area, has been observed. However, residents and river users should anticipate higher than normal water levels and are advised to monitor the situation. Reports on river conditions may be sent to the river forecast center by calling 1-800-847-1739. Locations affected include: Matanuska River along the Old Glenn Highway between mile markers 13 and 15. |
| Alert: | Special Weather Statement |
| Area(s): | City and Borough of Sitka; Prince of Wales Island; Ketchikan Gateway Borough; Annette Island |
| Effective: | 6apeor24ap |
| Onset: | 6apeor24ap -> 7apeor0ap |
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Certainty: | Observed |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Issued By: | NWS Juneau AK on 6apeor24ap |
| Headline: | Special Weather Statement issued July 6 at 1:24PM AKDT by NWS Juneau AK |
| Description: |
Following a front bringing rain across the Panhandle today, a developing low is expected to move into the SE Gulf Monday into Tuesday. This system is still expected to bring enhanced rainfall to the far southern Panhandle, particularly Ketchikan and Metlakatla. Forecast confidence continues to grow that the less impactful solution is still the most likely. This would have the low continue to be more progressive and the moisture plume stay further south before wrapping around to impact the eastern half of Clarence Strait / Misty Fjords late Monday night into Tuesday morning. While overall 24-hr rain amounts are now ranging from around 0.75 for coastal communities on Prince of Wales Island to 1.5 inches for Ketchikan and Metlakatla, the heaviest rainfall and rates are expected along southerly facing mountains in eastern portions of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and Annette Island. It is not out of the question for one of those areas to get an outlier amount of as much as 2 inches. Fast-responding rivers and lakes may reach bank full conditions, but no flooding is expected at this time. Winds in Clarence Strait and the SE Gulf will increase out of the S and SE with fresh to strong breezes (18 - 24 kt) for Monday morning as it approaches the outer coast. Later in the week, Thursday and Friday, it is looking like a more impactful frontal system, with an associated weak to moderate atmospheric river, will move over the Panhandle. This will bring heavier rainfall & some relatively gusty conditions to a more widespread area. The heaviest precipitation again looks to focus on the southern Panhandle with isolated areas of 1.5 to 2 inches in 24 hours. The heaviest of this precipitation is expected to fall Thursday over areas along the coast. Ensembles are showing a >70% chance that winds along the NE Gulf will reach strong breezes to Gale force winds of 30 to 35 kts. We will continue to monitor this system as it gets closer. |