Strong wind this evening through Thursday morning around Kachemak Bay...
Tonight
Partly cloudy with isolated snow showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then mostly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the lower 20s to mid 30s. West wind 20 to 30 mph except west 35 to 50 mph around Kachemak Bay.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy. Isolated snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s. West wind 20 to 25 mph except west 25 to 45 mph around Kachemak Bay in the morning.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows in the mid teens to lower 30s. Variable wind 10 mph. Around Kachemak Bay...southwest wind 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west 15 to 30 mph after midnight.
Friday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Highs in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Variable wind to 10 mph. Around Kachemak Bay...northwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
Mostly cloudy with isolated snow showers. Lows 5 to 20 above. North wind 10 to 20 mph. Around Kachemak Bay... northeast wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to north 20 to 35 mph after midnight.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy with isolated snow showers. Highs in the 20s.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 5:00 PM AKST on November 11, 2009
... Winter storm brought very windy and snowy conditions to southcentral Alaska today...
A strong weather front moving through the Susitna Valley and the Kenai Peninsula this afternoon brought very windy conditions to the Anchorage bowl. Warning level wind gusts of 82 mph occurred on the hillside at Glen Alps and 81 mph along Turnagain Arm at McHugh Creek. Winds have since diminished.
The Susitna Valley received a considerable amount of snow with this system. Reported snow accumulations this afternoon ranged from 6 inches near Amber Lake to 14 inches at Chulitna in the northern Susitna Valley. Snow will continue to taper off over the Susitna Valley through this evening as the weather front moves toward the Copper River basin.