Friday, October 29th

Good morning! As always, things change. Time changes. People change. And, weather changes. While yesterday morning, the NWS called for 4 inches of snow between last night and today, that has changed. Now we are looking at a rather weak snow event. If we are lucky, we may get 2 inches of snow.

What happened? I don't know. But here is an excerpt from the NWS forecast discussion:

THE CHINOOK FLOW ENDED ACROSS THE EASTERN AK RANGE LAST EVENING. THE LOW MOVING THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO CANADA THIS EVENING WILL SPREAD SOME SNOW INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR TODAY INTO TONIGHT AND WILL BE AIDED BY A SHORTWAVE UPPER TROUGH THAT ROTATES THROUGH AROUND THE PARENT LOW IN THE BERING SEA. MOST THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR WILL PICK UP 1-3 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A BIT MORE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AK RANGE WHERE THERE WILL BE SOME WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW. NO SIGNIFICANT WIND EXPECTED THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS SO NO ISSUES WITH BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. SOME SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN INTERIOR CLOSEST TO THE DEPARTING LOW AS THE REMAINDER OF THE INTERIOR DRIES OUT. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND COLDER THIS WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING LOW.

Current Conditions at 6:30 a.m.:

Temperature: 23 degrees
Skies: Light Snow
BP: 28.99 and falling
RH: 85%
DP: 20.6
Winds: Calm
Sunrise: 9:29 a.m.
Sunset: 5:39 p.m.

7 Day Outlook from the NWS:

Today...Periods of snow. Patchy fog. Snow accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Temperatures in the 20s. Southwest winds to 10 mph.

Tonight...Snow likely in the evening...then mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers. Additional snow accumulation to 1 inch. lows 10 to 15. Southwest winds to 10 mph.

Saturday...Mostly cloudy with isolated snow showers. Highs 20 to 25. Light winds.

Saturday Night...Decreasing clouds. Lows 5 below to 10 above. Light winds.

Sunday...Partly cloudy. Highs in the teens. East winds around 10 mph.

Sunday Night...Mostly cloudy. Lows near zero.

Monday...Mostly cloudy. Highs near 15.

Monday Night...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 5 below.

Tuesday...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Highs near 10 above.

Tuesday Night...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows near 10 below.

Wednesday...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Highs near 5 above.

Wednesday Night...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows near 10 below.

Thursday...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Highs near 5 above.