Powerful Storm to Impact Alaska this Weekend...

A major storm will circulate over the western and central Bering Sea today. The remnants of Typhoon Nuri will produce strong winds and rough seas through the weekend in Alaska. Model guidance is keeping the storm offshore, it is forecast to move to the north and then to the south as it weakens Monday into Wednesday.  Discussion from the NWS:

ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... A DEEP LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING IS STARTING TO MAKE ITS LOW TRACK TO THE EAST AND THE FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW IS STRETCHING OUT THROUGH THE CENTRAL BERING AND OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS. FURTHER EAST A WEAKENING LOW SITS JUST EAST OF KODIAK AND IS MOVING NORTH TOWARDS THE KENAI PENINSULA. THE FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW IS ALREADY IMPACTING THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA. 

The storm is very strong with the pressure in the center as low as 928 MB or 27.40 inches.  Winds will gust to as high as 50 to 60 mph along the coast and over the Aleutian Islands. The official forecast for St. Lawrence Island, AK from the NWS:

...STRONG WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND...
.TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. LITTLE OR NO SNOW
 ACCUMULATION. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING
 TO 50 MPH ON ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. ELSEWHERE EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN AND SNOW. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. LOWS IN
 THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. EAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH ON
 ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. ELSEWHERE SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN AND SNOW. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. HIGHS IN
 THE 30S. EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

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