Roll Call Alaska 2014
Anyone traveling to Alaska in 2014? We ,my wife and I, are planning a trip and was wondering if anyone is planning on going in 2014 also. Would go this year, except we have two weddings to go to in...
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Weather forecast for the Fairbanks area extending east towards Tok and Chicken and south towards Denali is dismal for tonight through to Thursday.
The weather service has issued a Special Statement
Here's an excerpt:
...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO INTERIOR ALASKA TONIGHT AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. BANDS OF MOISTURE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM THE UPLANDS NORTH AND EAST OF FAIRBANKS TO THE ALASKA RANGE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 AND 2 INCHES IS LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THIS AREA...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
Here's the forecast map:
The weather service has issued a Special Statement
Here's an excerpt:
...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO INTERIOR ALASKA TONIGHT AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. BANDS OF MOISTURE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM THE UPLANDS NORTH AND EAST OF FAIRBANKS TO THE ALASKA RANGE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 AND 2 INCHES IS LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THIS AREA...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
Here's the forecast map:
