Stay off the roads tonight if you can Juneauites, a storm is barreling our way causing storm warnings in surrounding communities as well.
Downtown and Douglas may be especially hard hit due to high winds.
A winter storm warning from the National Weather Service calls for windy weather tonight and a powdery snow accumulation of 3 to 8 inches in Juneau, with a total of 14 inches by tomorrow afternoon.
Temps will drop between 15 to 21 degrees. Near downtown Juneau and Douglas expect “northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 40 mph, shifting to the east with gusts to around 40 mph late. Elsewhere...northeast wind 10 to 20 mph,” the warning states.
Look for 4 to 6 more inches on Sunday with highs between 22 and 28 degrees. East winds of 15 to 25 mph are expected near downtown Juneau and Douglas while the rest of Juneau can expect calmer winds from the east at 5 to 15 mph, and a few more inches of snow overnight.
Downtown and Douglas should brace for blowing snow, with the peak snowfall late tonight, the weather service said.
Sitka can expect 2 to 4 inches tonight, Hoonah and Angoon 4 to 6 inches, and Petersburg 3 to 5 inches with a total accumulation of 8 inches. Southern Baranof Island is in for an accumulation of 6 to 10 inches.
Haines has a winter storm watch through Monday morning and a strong wind advisory, while Skagway has a wind chill advisory.
This story will be updated later tonight.
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No newspaper delivery tomorrow? I would hate to see your dedicated delivery drivers being put in harms way since you're suggesting people stay off the roads. I dont need a paper tomorrow. I'll just check online!
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Mike
No newpaper
Yup, no newspaper this morning. JE office claims it's because of the foot of snow. NONSENSE. Just shoveled 4 inches of snow. And note, the dude that answered the phone at JE got to work!!! No wonder this podunk paper is flailing.
yeah..... disappointing 'storm'.. :(
I wish I had the job of a meteorologist... you'd still get a pay check when your wrong more than half the time. :O)
JE Snowbound
Argh hit the nail.Seems are paper is headed south.I wonder what the advertisers think.Seeing that our Sunday paper takes more square inches for the advertising than news.
The "news" isn't so much
The "news" isn't so much either these days. Mostly reprocessed press releases: newest beer, etc etc. I hope they are enjoying sitting on that big sack of money down there in Georgia.
Juneau Empire - Avoiding an editorial feedback storm?
Interesting JE editorial about the impending fiscal cliff storm - I love mixed metaphors. What was more interesting is that there isn't the option of readers providing feedback to the Empire regarding their position on the so-called entitlements - medicare, medicaid and social security. Of course no mention of tax breaks granted to corporations, but they're not subsidies according to well ensconced businesses.
And also the posture on not cutting defense. I thought Iraq was determined to not have weapons of mass destruction - that our secretary of defense under the Bush II administration had been mislead? We're all for defense, but it really should be here at home. And yes, we should question the staggering costs of being the world's police force - it is costing our economy greatly.
Our military outlays are a huge component of the budget. Should we question our military installations in Alaska? Certainly we should. Alaska is in a strategic position for defending our country, I think it will stand up well against many other installations. And if it is determined that it can be done better elsewhere than in Alaska, then so be it.
Sorry for the temporary hijack of this topic, but the Juneau Empire's editorial should not get a pass because they perhaps did not want criticism.
Al Gore
invented winter storm warnings.