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Alaska, Central Interior

Public Information Statement

Statement as of 10:02 PM AKST on November 22, 2009


... Public information statement...

... The interior Alaska cold spell is ending...

After a relatively easy fall season... genuine cold weather began
over much of northern Alaska early last week. By last
Tuesday... the 17th of November... new calendar day low temperature
records were being made at some interior weather stations. Bettles
set more new records than any other station.

On Sunday afternoon... warmer air began streaming in from the south
and temperatures have been rising in earnest. For example...

Huslia... low last night 44 below... 9 PM this evening... 1 above
Healy... mid day Saturday 31 below... 8 PM this evening... 30 above

South winds have picked up in passes of the Alaska Range. So far
the strongest gust has been 56 mph at Antler creek, near the Parks
Highway near Healy.

The cold spell was not severe... even though some new calendar day
records were set. The lowest temperatures recorded approached 50
below but went no further. The duration of the cold weather was
only about a week. Mid winter cold spells here can go as long as
3 1/2 weeks.

Lastly... the onset of rising temperatures this afternoon and
evening has been significant... but it has not been as stunning as
in some past Chinook events which have brought temperatures up
60 degrees in less than a day. Some of these have been accompanied
by south winds gusting to 100 mph out of Alaska Range passes.

So far there has been little relief from the cold up in the
Arctic... but temperatures there are expected to ease some by the
middle of this week. Mild southerly winds are expected to continue
into the upcoming weekend... so the weather throughout northern
Alaska will be warmer than normal.


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