Fast cool down as cold front moved thru
Temperature dropped 7 degrees here this evening as skies clear and cold front passage passed thru. From 17 degrees it plummet to 2 above before leveling out and at present starting to show slow rise in temp. On the other front over 2/3 of Alaska is under some type of watch,warning or advisory. From Coastal flooding to winter storm warning to blowing snow advisory. Only area with out anything is the south coast and Se Alaska.
Here we are expected to get an dumping of snow 3-6 inches with 30 mph winds tomorrow. The storm is expected to start somewhere around 0300 and continue on into Monday morning before abating as it moves off into Canada.
This pass week we had snow 5 out of 7 days. The heaviest 24 hour period had 2.5 inches of snow. So far monthly total stands at 12 inches with 9 inches laying. Compaction and sublimation makes up for the differences in amount. Living in an cold desert sure can make moisture in any form disappear quickly.
Looking at the new charts to night on Alaska weather on PBS there is another gale with possibility of low pressure developing over Siberia and with present weather pattern it might head towards out area after it racks the West Coast area. With out the Bering and Chukchi Sea (which gets it name from the Eskimos living in that area) being ice over yet there is coastal flooding and erosion being done from these storms as they take the Bering Sea route. So far this year very few storms have taken the southern route across the Gulf of Alaska to slam into SE Alaska.
Well until later date
Stay warm and keep an log on the fire.