The scene at the Golden Heart Plaza is simply glorious:
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Summer in September
It doesn't get any better than this in mid-September in Fairbanks: mid-70s F, abundant sunshine, and light winds. Fairbanks International Airport is reporting 76 °F, which is higher than the normal high temperature at the climatological peak in early July. It's also just two degrees shy of the warmest ever observed so late in the season.
The scene at the Golden Heart Plaza is simply glorious:
The scene at the Golden Heart Plaza is simply glorious:
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Saw a 79°F at a the CWOP station at the ABR, Inc. office on Goldstream Road.
ReplyDeleteThere's probably better visuals and models, but fuss with the various parameters in this forecast time series. Note the cold apparently contained NE of the mountain range as you suggest:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.weatherstreet.com/states/gfsx-sfc-temperature-and-wind-forecast.htm
Gary
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI would say yes - the Rocky Mountain chain is partially responsible for this. The effect of the mountains is to favor a large-scale ridge over western North America and a large-scale semi-permanent trough feature to the east. In winter the cyclonic circulation aloft over Canada is popularly referred to as the polar vortex. On average then we see more southwesterly flow up into Alaska, even as far north as Barrow, and more northwesterly flow over northeastern Canada.
I suggest another important factor for Barrow is the relative proximity of open water year-round in the North Pacific, i.e. southwest of Barrow. It's not too hard to get warm air up into northern Alaska, but maritime air of a southerly origin has to follow a more tortuous path to Resolute.
Thanks for the response! That helps to clear things up a lot
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