The National Weather Service issued a high wind alert for the Anchorage area Wednesday, warning that the storm could cause power outages. Storms are expected through the weekend.
Temperatures Thursday morning hovered around freezing in the Anchorage Bowl, causing a mix of rain and snow to fall. Anchorage could see up to 4 inches of snow throughout the day.
Sea ice is forming later than it has historically, leaving some communities vulnerable.
Anchorage was expected to see between 3 to 7 inches of snow by Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service.
25-30 mph gusts expected overnight for Anchorage Bowl during early season wind storm
Temperatures on Tuesday were expected to hover around freezing but will drop as the week goes on, said a meteorologist.
Snow was expected to continue falling throughout the Matanuska and Susitna valleys, where temperatures remained slightly lower than in the Anchorage Bowl.
Heavy rainfall Sunday night was expected to transition into snow and continue through much of Monday. If predictions are correct, the snow will likely stick around through Halloween, a meteorologist said.
The best nights to view the northern lights from Anchorage are likely Wednesday and Thursday, with the forecast calling for clear skies.
In Anchorage Hillside and Eagle River snow was reported to reach up to 2 inches. Other areas of the Anchorage Bowl received between a half-inch to an inch of snowfall Sunday.
The snow is expected around midnight and will likely leave a half-inch dusting, a National Weather Service forecaster said.
Anchorage will see below-freezing temperatures starting Wednesday, and there is potential for a light snowfall throughout much of Southcentral Alaska, meteorologists said.
Berm repairs were required along Sawmill Creek, Salmon Creek, Lost Creek, Japanese Creek and Kwechak Creek, Nelson said.
Gusts of 60 to 70 mph are expected Wednesday night along Turnagain Arm and higher elevations in Anchorage, meteorologists say.
Wind gusts up to 60 mph are expected on the Anchorage Hillside and Turnagain Arm into Monday afternoon.
Destructive hurricane-force winds struck Dutch Harbor Sunday as Western Alaska braces for the brunt of the low weather system, a meteorologist said. Rain is forecast throughout the week in Southcentral Alaska.
Most of the precipitation is forecast to hit Southcentral Alaska in the early part of the week as a storm system moves into the area from the Alaska Peninsula.
A haze visible through Southcentral Alaska on Wednesday was caused by smoke from fires burning in Siberia that began flowing into Alaska in early July.
Alaska’s capital city this week reached its summer rain average of 13 inches.
