The 320am NOAA-19 Polar Orbiter infrared image shows it is cold over the western Interior. Fairbanks is near one of the last remaining areas of clouds.
As of 7a Friday, lows include:
Tanana 56 below
Hulsia: 56 below
Galena Airport: 53 below
Kaltag: 50 below
More to come…
Bring that weather down here.
ReplyDeleteHere's a color-enhanced POES AVHRR IR image, showing a number of areas exhibiting -50 C or colder (purple color enhancement) surface IR temps: http://go.wisc.edu/jnk75v
ReplyDeleteJoel: looks like something of s pattern change next week is in the offing.
ReplyDeleteScott: Thanks for the link. Just eyeballing it the radiance derived temperatures look a few degrees colder than the METARS, which is typical.