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The weather on any given day is very unpredictable. Some winters feature several feet of snow and cold temperatures, while the summers are typically mild but are cool compared to the contiguous US and interior Alaska. Because of Anchorage's high latitude, summer days are very long and winter daylight hours are very short.
This is associated with a decrease in the speed of current; eastward directed speeds at the surface are typically less than 0.05 m/s (5 cm/s) in the central Pacific. As the NPC approaches the west coast of North America, it divides into two broad currents: the northward flowing Alaska Current and the southward flowing California Current.
Travelers are advised to check road conditions before traveling this road through the state transportation hotline, [1] and to carry emergency supplies and fuel enough for 400 miles (640 km). Near Manley Hot Springs there is a 50-mile side road to Tanana over Tofty. This road was built 2014-2016 for a cost of $13 million.
Get the Moses Lake, WA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Nov. 3—Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley largely escaped the effects of freezing rain forecast overnight into Friday, but colder temperatures and a chance of snow are headed for much of ...
Tropical Wind and Rainstorm Bolaven has its sights set on southern Alaska where impacts may begin as the weekend comes to a close, according to AccuWeather hurricane experts. After that, the ...
The climate of the east of Alaska is best described as extreme and is an excellent example of a true continental subarctic climate. Some of the hottest and coldest temperatures in Alaska occur around the area near Fairbanks. The summers can have temperatures reaching into the 90s °F (near 34 °C), while in the winter, the temperature can fall ...
Earliest Snowfall: September 4, 1976 (trace) Latest Snowfall: June 3, 1974 (trace) Deepest Snowpack: 60 inches (150 cm) February 5–6, 1971 and the 10th of the same year A weather station was operated between 1970 and 1980 during the construction of the Alaska Pipeline, and after a long gap, temperature observations resumed in 2015 ...