I sure hate to be the bearer of bad news, but, summer has departed...in fact, we have a special weather announcement of COLD Weather with SNOWFALL expected starting Saturday!! YIKES!!! Dig out the winter gear & Cover your Plants!!...I think Ill...stay home and read a good book.... SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 600 PM AKDT THU MAY 29 2014 AKZ101-111-121-145-301400- ANCHORAGE-MATANUSKA VALLEY-WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA-SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN... EKLUTNA...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON...KENAI... SOLDOTNA...HOMER...COOPER LANDING...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL 600 PM AKDT THU MAY 29 2014 ...COLD AND SNOW RETURN TO SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA MOUNTAINS AND HILLSIDES THIS WEEKEND... AFTER A STRETCH OF RECORD-SETTING SUMMERLIKE HEAT AND DRY MAY DAYS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...A POWERFUL BLAST OF ARCTIC COLD WILL MOVE INLAND FROM THE BERING SEA FRIDAY AND REACH SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA SATURDAY. AS THE COLD AIR MOVES IN FROM THE WEST AND MEETS UP WITH WET AIR OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER POPULAR HIKING AND RECREATION AREAS ON ALL REGIONAL MOUNTAIN RANGES AND SOME HILLSIDES WILL SEE RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW. ON SATURDAY...SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE COMBINATION OF WIND...COLD AIR...AND SNOW INCREASES THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA DURING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE UNPREPARED FOR THE WEATHER CHANGE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE REGION ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS AND CURRENT CONDITIONS BEFORE SETTING OUT. BRING APPROPRIATE AND EXTRA DRY GEAR FOR THE COLDER WEATHER. FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ANCHORAGE AND WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ANCHORAGE/MOBILE. MONITOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS ON: ...FACEBOOK... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSALASKA ...TWITTER.... WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSANCHORAGE ...YOUTUBE.... WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/NWSANCHORAGE AND WATCH ALASKA WEATHER ON KAKM CHANNEL 7 EACH NIGHT AT 530 PM FOR A COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT WEATHER AND FORECAST. DJS
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 06:23:42 +0000
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