Tuesday, January 18, 2011

1/18/2011 Special Weather Statement from NWS

...COLD FRONT PASSING SOUTH ACROSS INTERIOR ALASKA TODAY...

A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM CIRCLE TO FAIRBANKS TO MCGRATH AT 6AM THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT BROUGHT CLOUDS AND FLURRIES ACROSS THE INTERIOR OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT WITH THE FRONT AS COLD SURFACE AIR IN VALLEYS WAS MIXED OUT BY THE COLD FRONT.

SKIES ARE CLEARING ACROSS THE INTERIOR AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH AND TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THIS INCLUDES FAIRBANKS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 30 BELOW BY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES AT FORT YUKON HAVE DROPPED TO 44 BELOW ALREADY THIS MORNING.

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