tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post5212439545910570162..comments2024-03-28T07:09:59.093-08:00Comments on Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Snow and Upper-Level WindRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03946704894714514716noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-48777820807202526312016-09-14T16:55:41.263-08:002016-09-14T16:55:41.263-08:00Thanks for the comment. I know some who would dis...Thanks for the comment. I know some who would disagree with your "nightmare" assessment, but the historical data certainly are entertaining.<br /><br />I agree with your analysis of the importance of the winter westerly regime.<br />Richard Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313902028896263276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-26520630896869280792016-09-13T19:51:59.399-08:002016-09-13T19:51:59.399-08:00The winter climate in Fairbanks – indeed in the wh...The winter climate in Fairbanks – indeed in the whole “chinook belt” from Interior Alaska to West Texas – is a nightmare to live in but a statisticians’ delight.<br /><br />The region, during the winter months, sees the greatest range of recorded monthly temperatures in the world. Fort Vermilion, Alberta, has ranged in December from -57.8˚C or -72˚F to 18.3˚C or 64.9˚F and further south Havre, Montana has ranged in February from -55˚F or -48.3˚C to 74˚F or 23.3˚C.<br /><br />What’s notable, though, is that the majority of the limited winter precipitation in Interior Alaska seems to come from a third type of weather distinct form the cold “continental” and mild chinook regimes. This “westerly” regime has a strong block over the North Pacific, rather than over inland Canada, so that relatively mild and moist air can come int via the Bering Sea (which is of course frozen but still does somewhat moderate winters in Nome vis-à-vis Siberia or the Interior). This is what happened in the amazingly snowy January 1937: at ‘http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/077/mwr-077-04-0099.pdf’ one sees a huge westerly anomaly in mean flow along with a strong northerly anomaly over the West – one day that month it was as cold in sweltering Yuma as in Fairbanks!jpbenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02664829103165280260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-55821987357209901392016-01-26T04:02:59.100-09:002016-01-26T04:02:59.100-09:00It is very helpful to plan for further especially ...It is very helpful to plan for further especially outdoor activities, when weather is observed first. <a href="http://www.mobitsolutions.com/mobile-application-development.php" rel="nofollow">Mobile application development</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17878744154041890320noreply@blogger.com