Go Play Outside!

JAY'S RANDOM MUTTERINGS ON THE THINGS TO DO OUTSIDE IN ALASKA, POORLY SPELLED.

3 Responses to “Winter has arrived..”

1. Tom says:

   November 16, 2011 at 10:10 am

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

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   • spruceboy says:

     November 16, 2011 at 4:36 pm

     Mellow naturally. -60f would be arduous of course!

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2. spruceboy says:

   November 16, 2011 at 4:35 pm

   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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