2013 one of coldest Aprils in Alaska in past 74 years!

The article I read about Eagle, which had stated river ice along the surrounding Front Street and nearby areas that damaged 9 homes, as flood waters extended and covered Old Eagle Village Road...the 2009 disaster was also quoted as a 200 year event for what had happened.

Quite the similar event as the Yukon River at Dawson had gone out the day before, as a downstream from Eagle ice jam developed real late in the season (Mid May).

It sure has been a cold spring along here, as the Tanana River in Nenana usually goes out before the Yukon River at Dawson, but the tripod on the Tanana is still barely holding up and very close to going out at anytime.

Friday and early Saturday weather here was dismal as snow stuck to the ground for about 14 hours, however an interesting article of what the latest western storm had brought to Denali Park :

Very late winter for Denali National Park

The Yukon River washed into Eagle yesterday. Ice slabs more than 10' thick moved into town. Homes that were damaged in the 2009 flood are in trouble again. Some have icebergs on their decks!

This image from the Anchorage Daily News
http://www.adn.com/2013/05/17/2906773/yukon-river-ice-jam-flooding-damage.html



This from the Alaska Dispatch
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130517/after-yukon-river-floods-alaska-town-eagle-ice-jam-breaks

Ummmmm, mid 80's and sunny here in Florida. Pool temp 84 degrees.

The anticipated "6 inches" of accumulation on the Anchorage Hillside must have good somewhere else...good stout dusting at my house, but not 6"

Sorry about sending the weather to The Yukon.

The weather report is dismal for this weekend, which is a long weekend here in Yukon. Rain. Maybe snow. Coming over from Alaska. Sigh ...

Supposed to go to 19 degrees tonight on the Kenai. We are also told we are to get 3 - 4 inches if snow. Welcome to Spring in Alaska!

Pretty nasty in Los Anchorage and environs on Friday and Saturday....rain mixed with snow then mostly snow. Sunday has turned very nice and I suspect we'll see some warmth today.

Went to the cabin on Friday...the trail conditions were mixed snow and mud like one would typically expect in March, not May. 6" of mud on the ol runway.

The whole month of April in the Fairbanks area had not seen an official temperature of +50 F, in fact- it was warmer on March 30 vs every other day to date...seems like the northern hemisphere is on a reverse polarity trend going from January, February, March, October, October again as maybe this area will finally see a week of April and a week of May before June arrives.

This spring season has not produced any spring normal temperatures for this area, although the 3rd week of April thru today had seen mostly daytime above freezing temperatures however there is still a lot of snow on the ground for Fairbanks and the thawing process has been real slow, although all the plowed unpaved roads and paved roads have been totally clear of snow and ice throughout the month of April.

Fairbanks weather forecast is calling for intermittent snowfall for the next 3 days with nighttime temperatures to remain below freezing...

Central, Fort Yukon and Circle areas just north of Fairbanks are expecting 6 to 8 inches of snow today as well.

Yesterday on Friday morning May 03 :








Yesterday evening at 900pm Friday May 03 as surface thawing is finally kicking in as I almost got permanately stuck in my 2WD truck trying to cut thru my driveway, but the winter siped tires that I still have installed saved me from stuckville (which normally they get swapped out with the summer tires by mid April) :




75 percent of this chunk of snow that fell off the roof should be melted away on average at this time of year, snow fell off the roof on April 24 (April 08 is average timeframe)



The last time I remember this significant amount of ground snow here in early May was during the record snowfall season of the 1992 winter.

As far as not cashing in my 401k again, it became too cold this year to do so (last year it was too warm)...my 401k is located in Nenana where the tripod stands on the Tanana River that has a $300,000 plus jackpot.

It will be two years in a row I did not hit the same day of when the ice goes out in Nenana, this year I covered April 27 thru May 06 on my 10 tickets I purchase every year (1 day per guess).

All I know is the ice has not gone out any later than a 379 day interval in the past 30 years, as May 07 will represent day 380.

alaskan-rver wrote:
Snowing this morning in Anchorage...

May the Fourth be with you!

Same here in Homer 2" and still falling. Ice still on the ground. lots of bare ground but very soft. Easy to get stuck.

Snowing this morning in Anchorage...

May the Fourth be with you!