Off to Alaska in March ARRIVED IN FAIRBANKS
SEE THE MOST RECENT UPDATE AT THE END OF THE THREAD An update to my earlier posting: After a Four day run from Tucson we are now in Bellingham. We arrived yesterday afternoon about 4pm (Sat 3/4)...
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So far the month of March here has been very cold....
All this past week the lows have been in the -25 to -35 F below range with the daytime highs hovering around +5 to -10 F below....
The only exception the past two days here has broke the coldspell temporary with a half inch of snow with lows in the +5 to -10 F below range as the front is now gone....
This major coldspell returns with lows hovering in the -20 to -35 F range with highs around 0 F (wind chill down to -50 F in some places) thru Wednesday March 8 as they are predicting a front with a chance of producing snow on Friday :
...MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY CENTRAL INTERIOR OUTLOOK...
Clearing skies with cooling temperatures to start the week.
A ridge of high pressure will build over the interior starting
Sunday afternoon bringing mostly clear skies to the central
interior for the beginning of the week.
Clearing skies will bring a return of well below normal
temperatures for the start of the week. Temperatures will start
falling late Sunday afternoon and low temperatures for Monday
morning will be in the 25 to 40 below range. The coldest
temperatures will be in valley locations.
High temperatures Monday are expected to be around zero for most
locations. Tuesday temperatures will be similar, then a warming
trend with increasing clouds through the end of the week with a
chance of snow late in the week.
The first 5 days of this month have been sunny on 4 of those days so far, as any direct sunlight exposure on hardpacked or patchy ice road surfaces have been pretty slick during the daytime already.
The OP will miss this major coldspell by the time reaching the Fairbanks area, but will probably encounter some sort of snow, wind, fog, cold or what have you along the way.
All this past week the lows have been in the -25 to -35 F below range with the daytime highs hovering around +5 to -10 F below....
The only exception the past two days here has broke the coldspell temporary with a half inch of snow with lows in the +5 to -10 F below range as the front is now gone....
This major coldspell returns with lows hovering in the -20 to -35 F range with highs around 0 F (wind chill down to -50 F in some places) thru Wednesday March 8 as they are predicting a front with a chance of producing snow on Friday :
...MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY CENTRAL INTERIOR OUTLOOK...
Clearing skies with cooling temperatures to start the week.
A ridge of high pressure will build over the interior starting
Sunday afternoon bringing mostly clear skies to the central
interior for the beginning of the week.
Clearing skies will bring a return of well below normal
temperatures for the start of the week. Temperatures will start
falling late Sunday afternoon and low temperatures for Monday
morning will be in the 25 to 40 below range. The coldest
temperatures will be in valley locations.
High temperatures Monday are expected to be around zero for most
locations. Tuesday temperatures will be similar, then a warming
trend with increasing clouds through the end of the week with a
chance of snow late in the week.
The first 5 days of this month have been sunny on 4 of those days so far, as any direct sunlight exposure on hardpacked or patchy ice road surfaces have been pretty slick during the daytime already.
The OP will miss this major coldspell by the time reaching the Fairbanks area, but will probably encounter some sort of snow, wind, fog, cold or what have you along the way.
