ANCHORAGE, AK (Alaska’s News Source) – Southeast Alaska is bracing for non-stop rainfall as the week ahead brings a second storm system to the region.
Avalanche and flooding risk will only increase as temperatures stay above freezing, paired with new round of rain nearly everyday. The next impact moving forward will be a secondary storm system making landfall Tuesday afternoon, keeping moisture in the panhandle. Heaviest rainfall is still centered around the southern part of the panhandle. As a result, a Flood Watch will remain in effect from Petersburg to Ketchikan into Monday morning.
Snowfall has made impacts from Southcentral to the Interior, however, sunnier skies are ahead into the work week. In Anchorage, snowfall totals ranged from 5 to nearly 7 inches Saturday into Sunday. Temperatures have been noticeably warmer this weekend with highs sitting near 20 degrees, unfortunately, these temperatures will be gone as quickly as they arrived. Overnight lows into Monday will drop to single digits and even 10 to 15 degrees below zero across the region, with the exception of the Copper River Basin. Partly sunny skies will persist this work week with a chance of light snow Tuesday…