Talk about a dramatic weather forecast! This is the latest from NOAA on the Upper Lynn Canal for the next few days. This also means today’s ferry has been canceled, and there are no home basketball games this weekend, since the Petersburg boys and girls teams can’t get here now. The wind has picked up on the beach, and it’s not too cold yet, but there is definitely a change coming:
STORM WARNING
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
357 AM AKST FRI JAN 6 2017
SOUTHEAST ALASKA INSIDE WATERS FROM DIXON ENTRANCE TO SKAGWAY
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NORTHERN LYNN CANAL-
357 AM AKST FRI JAN 6 2017
…STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT…
…HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT…
.TODAY…N WIND 50 KT. GUSTS TO 75 KT. SEAS 14 FT. FREEZING
SPRAY.
.TONIGHT…N WIND 55 KT. GUSTS TO 80 KT. SEAS 15 FT. HEAVY
FREEZING SPRAY.
.SAT…N STORM FORCE WIND TO 55 KT. GUSTS TO 70 KT. SEAS
14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY.
.SAT NIGHT…N STORM FORCE WIND TO 50 KT. GUSTS TO 65 KT.
SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY.
.SUN…N STORM FORCE WIND TO 50 KT. SEAS 13 FT.
.MON…N GALE TO 45 KT. SEAS 11 FT.
.TUE…N GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT.
Good thing we walked before it gets too crazy.. but don’t you love how the ebbing tide froze onto the sand? Tonight First Friday is still on, with fish chowder to warm you up at the Arts Confluence office, and an art show in the Brewery. Also, today is Epiphany, and that means the tree in the library needs to come down. Volunteers are needed beginning tomorrow morning at 10 to help un-decorate the library.
