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Back-to-Back Pacific Storms to Impact the West Coast; Heavy Snow in the Central Appalachians

Back-to-back powerful Pacific storm systems to impact the Pacific Northwest and northern California through the end of this week with heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow. A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will accompany the Pacific storms, bringing excessive rainfall and flash flooding to southwest Oregon and northwest California through the week. Read More >

This article is from May 2018 and is no longer valid: Our buoy in Kachemak Bay is sadly down for maintenance so we are asking for your help! Marine observations are not only beneficial for us to create accurate forecasts but that buoy data is used by researchers to create more accurate wave models. Better models mean better forecasts for you. So what can you do? Submit a marine observations like the example in the photo below making sure to use the #kbaywaves. We thank you in advance for any and all observations that we receive.