Winter Roars into Juneau Like a Lion
We have come to rely upon the National Weather Service website for a pretty good indicator of what's coming. Usually once or twice a day, from right there on the "Favorites" bar, open it up and take a quick read.
Yesterday morning, I checked it after getting out of the shower, and saw something that caught my eye... the entire SE panhandle was red, meaning an urgent weather warning. When I clicked the mouse over the CBJ (City & Borough of Juneau), the text was much like this:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
JUNEAU AK
1200 PM AST THU MAR 1 2007
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA....
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TOWARD THE PANHANDLE TODAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EVEN STRONGER LOW ON FRIDAY. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE YUKON WILL CAUSE COLD AIR TO PERSIST OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA. HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER OVER THE ENTIRE PANHANDLE THROUGH FRIDAY.
AKZ025-020530-
JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JUNEAU
1200 PM AST THU MAR 1 2007...
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY.
A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS CREATING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES OVERNIGHT IS LIKELY. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY ESPECIALLY NEAR LYNN CANAL AND DOWNTOWN JUNEAU.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY ISALREADY OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY.
So looking out the window at 0630, there was no precipitation or wind. It looked pretty calm.
Yeah, I know it took me three weeks to get this done and published... so very sorry.
Yesterday morning, I checked it after getting out of the shower, and saw something that caught my eye... the entire SE panhandle was red, meaning an urgent weather warning. When I clicked the mouse over the CBJ (City & Borough of Juneau), the text was much like this:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
JUNEAU AK
1200 PM AST THU MAR 1 2007
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA....
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TOWARD THE PANHANDLE TODAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EVEN STRONGER LOW ON FRIDAY. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE YUKON WILL CAUSE COLD AIR TO PERSIST OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA. HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER OVER THE ENTIRE PANHANDLE THROUGH FRIDAY.
AKZ025-020530-
JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JUNEAU
1200 PM AST THU MAR 1 2007...
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY.
A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS CREATING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES OVERNIGHT IS LIKELY. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY ESPECIALLY NEAR LYNN CANAL AND DOWNTOWN JUNEAU.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY ISALREADY OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY.
So looking out the window at 0630, there was no precipitation or wind. It looked pretty calm.
By the afternoon, we were in the midst of an honest-to-God, Great Plainsesque blizzard. "True" blizzards have to have snow, 35 knots wind, and visibility less than a quarter-mile. We had all three. What a mess...
This is the aftermath:
Yeah, I know it took me three weeks to get this done and published... so very sorry.
KML
posted by Ken at 5:32 PM
2 Comments:
You said you liked the snow and you were looking forward to it. Is enough, enough. Spring will come, have hope!!!
Mom and Dad Lawrenson
Too bad you can't bottle this up and sell it :-) WOW, WOW, WOW is all we can say. It doesn't look like too much fun to us - shoveling is a four-letter word. Where is the snowman - you could have a whole fam-damily of them by now. I think we will get you pink and blue snow shovels for Christmas next year. Love Mom & Mike
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