Winter has arrived..

Yup, its that time of the year.

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3 Responses to “Winter has arrived..”

  1. Tom says:

    But is this tagged as “arduous” or “mellow?”

  2. spruceboy says:

    And it was a record low apparently:

    PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
    312 PM AKST WED NOV 16 2011

    …RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES IN INTERIOR ALASKA…

    THE FIRST COLD WEATHER OUTBREAK OF THE SEASON HAS SETTLED IN OVER
    INTERIOR ALASKA. UNUSUALLY FRIGID TEMPERATURES FOR MID-NOVEMBER HAVE
    BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES COLDER THAN
    40 BELOW ZERO ARE BEING REPORTED IN VALLEYS IN THE CENTRAL AND
    NORTHEASTERN INTERIOR. INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGES ALSO INDICATE
    TEMPERATURES UNDER 50 BELOW ZERO IN SOME OF THE COLDEST VALLEY
    LOCATIONS.

    SEVERAL RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE BROKEN OVERNIGHT IN THE
    FAIRBANKS AREA. THIS INCLUDES EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE WHICH
    BOTTOMED OUT AT 42 BELOW THIS MORNING…SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS
    RECORD OF 37 BELOW SET BACK IN 1956. RECORD OR NEAR RECORD LOW
    TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING. THE RECORD LOW FOR
    NOVEMBER 17TH AT THE FAIRBANKS AIRPORT IS 39 BELOW…AND 40 BELOW
    AT EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE.

    TEMPERATURES FROM 15 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WILL PERSIST OVER
    MUCH OF THE INTERIOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A SLIGHT MODERATION IS
    EXPECTED ON THE WEEKEND…BUT TEMPERATURES CLIMBING ABOVE ZERO
    ACROSS INTERIOR ALASKA ARE NOT EXPECTED ANY TIME SOON. LONG RANGE
    MODELS INDICATE ANOTHER SHOT OF REINFORCING COLD AIR ARRIVING
    EARLY NEXT WEEK…AND POSSIBLY HANGING AROUND INTO THE
    THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.

    THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FAIRBANKS THIS WEEK IS AROUND 9 ABOVE
    WITH AN AVERAGE LOW OF 7 BELOW ZERO.

    BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF OFFICIAL LOW TEMPERATURES AS OF NOON
    WEDNESDAY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

    FAIRBANKS AREA:
    UAF SMITH LAKE……………………49 BELOW (UNOFFICIAL)
    NORTH POLE KJNP…………………..46 BELOW (NEW RECORD)
    NORTH POLE WOODSMOKE SUBDIVISION……46 BELOW
    EIELSON AFB………………………42 BELOW (NEW RECORD)
    FAIRBANKS AIRPORT…………………39 BELOW
    UAF WEST RIDGE……………………37 BELOW (NEW RECORD)

    OUTSIDE OF FAIRBANKS:
    CHALKYITSIK RAWS………………….47 BELOW (UNOFFICIAL)
    BEAVER RAWS………………………46 BELOW (UNOFFICIAL)
    TELIDA RAWS………………………45 BELOW (UNOFFICIAL)
    ARCTIC VILLAGE……………………44 BELOW
    FORT YUKON……………………….44 BELOW
    MANLEY HOT SPRINGS………………..44 BELOW
    NIKOLAI………………………….44 BELOW
    COLDFOOT…………………………42 BELOW (UNOFFICIAL)
    LIVENGOOD RAWS……………………42 BELOW (UNOFFICIAL)
    TANANA…………………………..39 BELOW
    NENANA…………………………..38 BELOW
    HEALY……………………………36 BELOW
    BETTLES………………………….34 BELOW
    WHITESTONE FARMS NR DELTA JUNCTION….34 BELOW

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