A blizzard brought strong temperatures to the city of Juneau and a few inches of snowfall in Mendenhall Valley. Mendenhall Valley on Monday.
National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Park stated that in the Mendenhall Valley got 3 to 6 inches of snow along with light winds. In the meantime, downtown was hit by 60-70 miles-per-hour winds.
The span style=”font-weight 400 ;”>”If you were in the Valley all day long it could have appeared that it was a gorgeous winter day without much going on,” he said. “As when you walked to downtown, the story changed. .”
Strong winds destroyed and eventually caused the sinking of a boat within Harris Harbor. Harbormaster Matthew Creswell said they’re working with the owner as well as the U.S. Coast Guard on cleanup efforts and pollution reduction.
“There isn’t what appears to be a significant environmental threat due to the boat, however the risk of contamination is always there,” he said.
Electricians were at Douglas Harbor on Tuesday to bring back power, which was cut off early on Monday night. At the time of 1 p.m. the next day, they working on the issue.
Creswell stated that harbor workers are working to get rid of accumulations of snow off the Auke Bay and Statter Harbors.
Capital Transit buses will operate through the snow on the modified routes for snow from Tuesday.. There isn’t a bus service at Franklin St. and Fourth St. downtown, or in Douglas. Cordova St. in Douglas.
The snow has piled up along the road. Park stated that residents all the way from Lena up to Tee Harbor reported 8 to 12 inches of snow. In different Southeast communities also reached double-digits. Park stated that Gustavus residents reported between 8 and 15 inches of snow, while Hoonah and Angoon received at minimum 16 inches of snow.
The National Weather Service anticipates that snow will persist to fall throughout Skagway, Haines and Klukwan until the afternoon of Tuesday.
As as of Tuesday afternoon The forecast predicts rain throughout the remainder of the week of Juneau. Wind speeds could rise up to 35 miles an hour on Tuesday afternoon, and thirty miles an hour later and 20 miles per hour after midnight.
The Juneau weather forecast for the weekend up until the morning of Saturday.
