As the sun shines brightly on Juneau, this week the weather is ideal for the first 70-degree day of the year.
A meteorologist Edward Liske with the National Weather Service states that the weather is likely to stay warm and sunny through Friday. The hot summer weather is an ephemeral period before rain is expected to return by the weekend.
“Enjoy it as long as you’re able,” Liske said. “You have three days to enjoy this.”
The temperature has been rising across the Panhandle this week as a result of an ensuing strong pressure system that is moving to the south, and the flow of warm, dry air out of the Interior.
“That lets our skies be clear and give us the sun-filled days we get,” Liske said. “And we’re seeing the sun at the top of our sky and has been all day long, that it’s possible to get warm very quickly right today.”
The quick warm-up follows an a particularly cold spring. The temperatures in February and March were well below average for the majority of the panhandle.
The temperature recorded at Juneau airport has been hovering at or below 70 degrees throughout the week long, however nearby communities have also crossed the temperature threshold.
Klawock set the pace with the first 70-degree day of the year on Sunday. The temperatures in Haines increased to the mid 70s on Tuesday. Also, the high of Tuesday in Sitka although more mild at 63 degrees, was able to beat the record for daily temperatures established in 1969.
Meteorologists are predicting that Thursday is the day that temperatures at the airport finally begin to creep beyond 70 degrees.
And Juneau residents must benefit from it to the fullest extent. In the typical year, we get less than 30 days that are that warm.
