City and state facilities remain closed again on Tuesday after record-breaking snowfall in Juneau.<\/p>\n
Official snow totals from the National Weather Service confirm that Juneau has broken its all-time snow record for the month of December with 63.7 inches as of Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
The previous record from December 1964 was 54.7 inches.<\/p>\n
The city originally planned a delayed opening of facilities and services at noon, but then canceled late Tuesday morning. That means City Hall, public libraries and parks and recreation facilities are all closed. Many businesses have announced closures or reduced hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cResidents are encouraged to continue to exercise caution and limit driving where possible until road conditions improve,\u201d the city posted on social media Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Bartlett Regional Hospital<\/a> also canceled all non-emergency services on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Juneau\u2019s Docks and Harbors department pleaded for boat owners to check their vessels on Tuesday. Multiple boats and boat shelters have sunk under the weight of the snow.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery boat in the harbor right now is in danger of sinking if not cared for,\u201d said Harbormaster Matt Creswell on Tuesday afternoon. \u201cIf you have a vessel, or know someone that has a vessel, please come down, clear it off and maybe help your neighbor clear theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n Andrew Park is a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Juneau. He says this storm, which arrived Dec. 27, has already delivered 30 inches of snow to Juneau and could bring 7 to 10 more inches.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just been a heck of a storm \u2014 and yes, we\u2019re not out of it yet, so don\u2019t get complacent,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got more snow on the way, and we\u2019ll see what we get out by Wednesday morning.\u201d<\/p>\n Park said the snow load on roofs is a concern, especially for those in the Back Loop area of Mendenhall Valley, where he estimates snow could weigh somewhere around 36 pounds per square foot.<\/p>\n He said to be careful not to block vents when clearing roofs.<\/p>\n \u201cEspecially as you push snow off your roof, you\u2019re going to plug your vent to your house (and) now you\u2019ve got carbon monoxide building up in your home,\u201d Park said.<\/p>\n A winter storm warning<\/a> remains in effect until noon Wednesday. Forecasters say another storm might be on its way to Juneau<\/a> by the end of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City and state facilities remain closed again on Tuesday after record-breaking snowfall in Juneau. Official snow totals from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-379197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}