NOAA has announced this is the wettest May on record for Bristol Bay. NOAA Meteorologist Joe Wegman says the weather station in King Salmon has recorded 3.32 inches so far this month.
"And of course there is still a week left in May and the forecast continues to say rain. So it only looks like over the next week they'll continue to add to that record,” said Wegman.
The previous record was 3 inches from 1941. NOAA sent out a warning statement Monday stating that:
AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM HAVE BEEN IMPACTED WITH PERSISTENT RAIN OVER THE PAST WEEK...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING AN ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES. THIS HAS RESULTED IN STEADILY RISING WATER LEVELS ON AREA RIVERS DRAINING THE WOOD RIVER MOUNTAINS...SUCH AS THE NUYAKUK...NUSHAGAK...AND WOOD RIVERS. CONTINUED SLOW RISING OF THESE RIVERS DRAINING THE WOOD-TIKCHIK LAKE SYSTEM ARE LIKELY THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
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