Topic: Winter '16-'17

[Jáchym]

Depends on your likings Terry, if I lived in California I would make my way down to Alaska to retire

[WeatherHost]

I see a lot more Alaska plates down here than you'd think and the first thing I always wonder is if the car has a/c

Also, a place I've always wanted to visit, that's also on the list.

Remember that a lot of those plates may be from CONUS people that were there for military or because of the pipeline work.

I did the trip there and back as a kid.  Fairbanks, Anchorage, Nome, Kotzebue, Matanuska Glacier, McKinley National Park (as it was named then), Alaska Railroad, etc.  The AlCan Highway was still gravel, but you could run it at 70MPH or better in many places.

[Scalphunter]

I see a lot more Alaska plates down here than you'd think and the first thing I always wonder is if the car has a/c

Lot of them do have A/C. I know I do with 24 hour of daylight in the summer day time temps can hit high 80's to low 90's.

John

[cospringswx]

Being that Colorado Springs is a big military town with Peterson, Schriever, Ft. Carson, Air Force Academy and NORAD there are alot of Alaskan plates here too.

[ValentineWeather]

Depends on your likings Terry, if I lived in California I would make my way down to Alaska to retire

I have a daughter in Alaska, its the most beautiful place on earth. She is always posting stunning scenes on Facebook.

[Scalphunter]

 another -35 night with high forecasted for -6 today.   Forecast says one more night with temps hitting the range they been the warm up and snow this week end and then Monday another dive  back to the -30 range.

John

[Scalphunter]

Hit 36 below nothing this morning. Each night we been getting colder and colder. Was some aurora activity last night as bands of light but most of it was like an fog across the sky. Just bright enough to block out the stars

John

[Scalphunter]

Special Weather Statement
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
519 AM AKST Mon Mar 6 2017

AKZ218>226-062100-
Southeastern Brooks Range-Upper Koyukuk Valley-
Yukon Flats and Surrounding Uplands-Central Interior-
Middle Tanana Valley-Deltana and Tanana Flats-
Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country-Denali-
Eastern Alaska Range-
Including Arctic Village, Wiseman, Coldfoot, Chandalar DOT Camp,
Iniakuk Lake, Allakaket, Hughes, Bettles, Caribou Mountain,
Gobblers Knob, Fort Yukon, Venetie, Central, Circle,
Stevens Village, Beaver, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek,
Circle Hot Springs, Eagle Summit, Twelvemile Summit, Nenana,
Anderson, Tanana, Minto, Manley Hot Springs, Rampart,
Lake Minchumina, Livengood, Fairbanks, Fort Wainwright,
Eielson AFB, Ester, North Pole, Moose Creek, Two Rivers, Fox,
Chatanika, Chena Hot Springs, Sourdough Camp, Salcha,
Delta Junction, Fort Greely, Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek,
Dot Lake, Healy Lake, Tok, Tanacross, Eagle, Tetlin, Northway,
Alcan, Chicken, Boundary, Healy, Denali National Park,
Carlo Creek, Kantishna, Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids,
Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake
519 AM AKST Mon Mar 6 2017

...Very Cold Morning Across Interior Alaska...

Clear skies combined with a cold arctic airmass have caused
temperatures to fall into the 30s below across Interior Alaska
this morning. A few locations have even dropped to 40 below.
Hilltop temperatures across the Interior are in the teens below.

Low temperature readings across the Interior this morning:

Bettles.............40 below.
Goldstream Creek....40 below.
Eielson AFB.........38 below.
Tanana..............38 below.
Fairbanks...........35 below.
Denali Park.........33 below.

Temperatures in valleys are expected to remain very cold through
9am this morning...and then warm to 15 below by noon and reach to
near zero by 3pm today.

$$

JB

Had -32 here at the cabin.

John

[chief-david]

Possible tornado warning in Minnesota within the next hour.

[chief-david]

Tornado watch until 10:00.

Possible snow and 29 on Friday.

Unconfirmed tornado in Minnesota. If so-it is the earliest tornado recorded.
Trying to find the pic of the grapefruit size hail stone too.

[chief-david]

Below is the barometer graph from the last few days.  Brutal winds
Two days of 56 mph wind gusts.  Just brutal winds. Surprised the house has shingles and siding after last night. Had to  strap the grill on the deck.

I know two teachers that had their babies on Monday.  One said the hospital ran out of delivery rooms.


Just cant bring myself to post in the spring threads yet. Still winter here.

[Scalphunter]

Some Low temperatures in the eastern Interior this morning:
Northway..............44 below.
Goldstream Creek......42 below.
Bettles...............40 below.
Eielson AFB...........38 below.
Fairbanks.............36 below.
Denali Park...........36 below.
Tanana................36 below.
Nenana................35 below.

Here at the cabin we are at 40 below. Beautiful day ahead. Not an cloud in the sky.

John

[Scalphunter]

Last night watching Alaska weather which has weather forecast for public,aviation,and marine forecasts,they show on the aviation portion that the surface freezing line is extending roughly 400 miles south of Alaska. Generally it is at the coastline or an little past it. Ice is very close to the Privilege Islands.

[PaulMy]

And we were hoping that winter is done with and spring around the corner...

Alerts for: London - Middlesex Warnings 11:54 AM EST Friday 10 March 2017
 Snow squall warning in effect for:
 

• London - Parkhill - Eastern Middlesex County

Snow squalls are expected. Under the snow squall bands, visibilities will be significantly reduced due to the heavy snow combined with blowing snow, and snow will quickly accumulate.

Snow squalls are coming in off of Lake Huron today as expected. Local snowfall amounts of 15 cm are quite possible in the most intense snow squalls this afternoon. Areas not affected by the snow squalls will receive considerably less snow.

Motorists should be prepared for sudden hazardous winter driving conditions. White out conditions are possible during the snow squalls from bursts of heavy snow and blowing snow.

New indications suggest that the snow squalls will drift to the north of Middlesex County this evening, before drifting back south towards the Forest City on Saturday.
Snow squalls cause weather conditions to vary considerably; changes from clear skies to heavy snow within just a few kilometres are common. Visibility will be suddenly reduced to near zero at times in heavy snow and blowing snow. If visibility is reduced while driving, turn on your lights and maintain a safe following distance.

Snow squall warnings are issued when bands of snow form that produce intense accumulating snow or near zero visibilities.

However we might just be on the outside of this.

Paul

[Scalphunter]

First night in an long time above the  nothing mark. Low last night was 5 F above  and at 12  deg F now.  Shorts and tee day. Light snow falling as watching  red polls and borel chickadees fight over the bird feeders that XYL  keeps going for them.

John

[EastFrisianGuy]

No signs of winter here anymore, the lowest temperature so far this March at my station was +1.3°C (34°F), so it hasn't even been below freezing yet.
In fact crocuses and daffodils are in full bloom here at the moment and also the temperatures for the next days will be around 10°C (50°F) and above in the afternoon and maybe 3-4°C (mid to high 30s F) during the night. This with mostly to partly sunny skies and no rain.

[CNYWeather]

We set all kinds of records here in Central NY Yesterday. I ended up with 22.4" in 24 hours. CRAZY

[Scalphunter]

Sun finally got high enough to start getting UV readings.  measuring .05 here  today.  With all the snow around  glad it is  an low reading.


John

[WheatonRon]

This week, we here in the Chicago area got our first snow since Christmas. Fortunately, we got decent rainfall during this "snow free period" so trees, lawns and our water supply should be fine. Goofy weather this year to say the least!

[Scalphunter]

Lovely day in the neighboorhood. Clear and cool.At minus 35 this morning  with temps for high in single digits.

John

[Scalphunter]

At 0800 hr this morning  our temperature dipped to -34.8 F.  NWS  says this pool of cold air is going to move out  this week end and seeing how it generally goes east and south   it looks like it going to get shared somewhere  else.

[marko30]

After last rain i noticed red sediment in rain gauge.  Anyone got any idea what it could be? It is not flower pollen or sahara sand.

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[Jáchym]

As the Brits say... Bloody hell 

[Scalphunter]

Don't eat the red snow either. It an algie.

John

[Scalphunter]

Well spring 3 days away and we are still hitting the  35 below  mark at nights and  single digit temps  for day time highs.  Going to get  the door yard clear of compact ice/snow   so we don't have  an muddy mess as the thaw sets in. Went to delta yesterday and the Tanana river there had some open water but still not starting to break up as that section of river can run fast and  lost of turbulances .

John