Western Alaska will continue to see storm after storm as the week
progresses. There is increasing likelihood that a much stronger
storm will impact the West Coast and Western Interior Thursday
into Friday. Potential impacts from this storm include southerly
high winds of 40 to 55+ mph and blowing snow, heavy snowfall
transitioning to rain, and then a changeover back to more snowfall
along a strong arctic front into the weekend.
For coastal locations, there is a possibility for water to come
up over the ice due to the strong onshore winds. Given the extent of
the ice and thickness, impacts are expected to be minimal, so no
coastal flood products will be issued at this time. The Potential
for coastal impacts remains south of Hooper Bay and Nunivak
Island. Given the warmth of the airmass and the amount of liquid
precipitation, travel will become quite difficult late week into
the weekend.
Stay tuned for future updates as details are ironed out in future
forecasts.
Information on the latest forecast can be found by visiting our
website, www.weather.gov/afg.