A developing storm system is expected to bring heavy rain and strong wind to much of Southcentral Alaska this weekend. This comes on the heels of another wind storm that caused significant damage to the region last week making some areas more vulnerable. Winds in Anchorage could gust to 65 mph, and farther east in the higher elevations winds could gust to 100 mph. High Wind Warnings are in effect.
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The internationally-recognized rock band Linkin Park has become the first band in the nation to receive StormReady® Supporter recognition, just in time for its 2012 world tour. Officials from the National Weather Service presented a letter of recognition and StormReady signs prior to the band’s concert at the Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas on August 27.
NOAA’s National Weather Service is halfway through the most significant enhancement ever
made to the nation’s radar network since Doppler radar was first installed in the early 1990s.
The upgrade will greatly improve weather forecasts for rain, winter storms, floods and tornadoes.
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Dr. Pedro Restrepo, a native of Colombia, has come a long way since he
earned his undergraduate degree from the National University of Colombia in 1974. He was recently
named to the hydrologist-in-charge position at the National Weather Service’s North Central River Forecast Center in Chanhassen, Minn.
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