The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory for southern Kachemak Bay, and issued a winter storm warning for the southwest Kenai Peninsula and southern Kachemak Bay through noon Wednesdayl; and flu cases are spiking in Alaska, like in the rest of the United States and abroad.

Forecasters said last week that a potential pattern change today could bring clouds and a chance of snow; and Alaska will get $272 million dollars from the federal government this year to upgrade its rural health system, officials announced last week.