Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Cold in the Interior

Everything I know...

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
541 PM AKDT TUE SEP 28 2010

...UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES IN INTERIOR...

...WARM-UP ON THE WAY...

TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WERE UNUSUALLY LOW FOR SO EARLY IN THE
AUTUMN OVER ALL OF INTERIOR ALASKA. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO...AND A FEW RECORDS WERE SET.

THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES WERE REPORTED FROM AUTOMATED WEATHER
STATIONS ON THE YUKON FLATS. A STATION ALONG BEAVER
CREEK...BETWEEN BIRCH CREEK VILLAGE AND BEAVER VILLAGE REPORTED A
LOW OF 11 BELOW...AND AN AUTOMATED STATION BETWEEN FORT YUKON AND
CHALKYITSIK REPORTED 10 BELOW. OTHER LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY
MORNING IN THE INTERIOR INCLUDE...

CHICKEN......................................................5 BELOW
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS.............................5 BELOW
SEVEN MILE DOT (DALTON HIGHWAY).........5 BELOW
DENALI VISITORS CENTER..................4 BELOW
CENTRAL....................................................2 BELOW
BIRCH CREEK (ABOVE THE STEESE BRIDGE)...2 BELOW
BOLIO LAKE (NEAR FORT GREELY)...........2 BELOW
HEALY AIRPORT.............................................ZERO
CHENA HOT SPRINGS...................................ZERO
BETTLES...........................................................ZERO
DRY CREEK.....................................................2 ABOVE
COLDFOOT.........................................................3 ABOVE
FORT YUKON....................................................3 ABOVE
ARCTIC VILLAGE...........................................5 ABOVE

IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA...MOST NOTABLY...THE LOW OF 3 ABOVE AT
EIELSON AFB IS THE LOWEST SEPTEMBER TEMPERATURE OF RECORD
THERE...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 5 ABOVE SET ON
SEPTEMBER 27 1992.

THE LOW OF 14 ABOVE AT THE AIRPORT...WHILE NOT A RECORD...IS THE
LOWEST SEPTEMBER TEMPERATURE SINCE 1993.

AN AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION ABOUT 15 MILES ABOVE THE RICHARDSON
HIGHWAY BRIDGE ON THE SALCHA RIVER REPORTED A LOW OF 4 BELOW.
OTHER LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA
INCLUDE...

GOLDSTREAM CREEK........................ZERO
GILMORE CREEK...........................5 ABOVE
CHATANILA (MILE 42 STEESE)..............5 ABOVE
NORTH POLE..............................6 ABOVE
EAST FORT WAINWRIGHT....................6 ABOVE
UAF WEST RIDGE.........................11 ABOVE
COLLEGE 5NW (GOLDSTREAM HILLS).........16 ABOVE
KEYSTONE RIDGE.........................20 ABOVE

TONIGHT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS CHILLY IN MOST PLACES...AND MUCH
WARMER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO INTERIOR ALASKA DURING THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AS A SERIES OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE GULF OF ALASKA PUMP
MILD AIR BACK INTO THE REGION.

$$
RT SEP 2010..

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