Mid-Winter Type Storms in Alaska

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TWO POWERFUL EARLY SEASON STORMS… WILL AFFECT MUCH OF ALASKA WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK … SUN SEP 2 2012
 
THE FIRST STORM… WILL TRACK NORTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA TONIGHT AND MONDAY…PRODUCING WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS AND LOCAL HEAVY RAIN FROM THE EASTERN BERING SEA AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA TO THE GULF OF ALASKA AND SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA.
 
A SECOND MORE POWERFUL STORM WILL TAKE A NEARLY IDENTICAL PATH… ON TUES AND WEDS…PRODUCING STRONGER AND MORE WIDESPREAD WINDS ALL THE WAY FROM THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS TO MAINLAND ALASKA.
 
POWERFUL STORMS LIKE THESE ARE VERY TYPICAL IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. HOWEVER…THEY ARE MUCH RARER THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON. WHEN SIMILAR WINDS ARE OBSERVED IN THE WINTER THERE MAY BE LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE.
 
A VERY NOTEWORTHY DIFFERENCE THIS TIME OF YEAR IS THAT THE GROUND IS NOT FROZEN AND ALL OF THE LEAVES ARE STILL ON THE TREES. THIS GREATLY INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF FALLING TREES AND BRANCHES AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES.
 
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=AKZ145&warncounty=AKC170&firewx zone=AKZ145&local_place1=&product1=Special+Weather+Statement

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