{"id":100723,"date":"2023-07-04T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/heat-wave-expected-friday\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T09:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T17:49:15","slug":"heat-wave-expected-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/heat-wave-expected-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat wave expected Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

Friday will mark the 48-year anniversary of Juneau’s hottest day ever — reaching 90 degrees Fahrenheit in 1975 — but while a heat wave with “near-record” temperatures is forecast for Southeast Alaska that day, it appears the capital city’s record won’t be in jeopardy, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“We’re looking at 80 degrees, mid 80s, and then cooling back through the weekend,” Caleb Cravens, a meteorologist for the weather service in Juneau, said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Above-normal temperatures between 75 and 80 degrees are expected to arrive Thursday, he said. Elsewhere in the region it will likely be warming, especially in southern communities such as Ketchikan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“One thing we’re watching is the variability of the marine layer along the coast,” Cravens said. He said that can result in a lag time before warmer temperatures arrive, or limit the extent of warming.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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A chart shows day-by-day weather predictions for Southeast Alaska this week. (National Weather Service)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

A notice issued by the weather service also noted sea breezes in the region “could prevent daytime highs from getting as warm as forecasted.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“Remember as temperatures warm and fuels become dry, there will be an increased fire risk,” the notice stated. “To minimize impacts of the heat wave, locate fans for cooling; wear light-colored and loose-fitting clothes; drink plenty of fluids, apply sun protection, and take breaks if you must be outdoors for extended periods; do not leave young children and pets unattended in closed vehicles; and plan to check on the elderly and neighbors who could be more vulnerable.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The heat wave is occurring the same week the world recorded its highest cumulative temperature ever<\/a> on July 3, at 62.62 degrees Fahrenheit. The hottest reported temperatures were in North Africa, which reached 122 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

• Contact Mark Sabbatini at mark.sabbatini@juneauempire.com or (907) 957-2306.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Temperatures not expected to break Juneau’s all-time high of 90F set on July 7, 1975. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":868,"featured_media":100724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[48],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-100723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/868"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100723"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=100723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}