Freeze, thaw cycle with active storm track

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Anchorage Police Division reported 11 minor accidents with 9 automobiles in misery Sunday morning. Secondary and neighborhood roads together with bridges, overpasses, and on-and-of ramps grew to become very slick and slippery from a recent layer of each ice and black ice as water from Saturday’s gentle rain and snowmelt froze within the pre-dawn hours. A repeat of icy slick streets and sidewalks will happen for Monday morning. It is going to be far more vital to drive with additional warning as morning site visitors returns to “regular” with youngsters again at bus stops now that spring break has ended.

An intensifying storm system that introduced hurricane power wind gusts to Shemya (75 mph) and Adak Island (74 mph) on Sunday will transfer towards the Bering Strait on Monday then into the Chukchi Sea on Tuesday, bringing extra snow and powerful, gusty winds throughout western Alaska. Quite a few winter climate alerts are in impact for the hazardous, and tough journey situations which can be anticipated to happen.

Southcentral will see extra snowfall as early as late Monday as power from the Bering Sea redevelops into a brand new storm system over the Gulf of Alaska. Durations of snow are possible throughout the area for Tuesday and Wednesday. Just like the latest storms this previous Friday and Saturday, the Chugach Mountains will bear the brunt of the heavy snow and wind, although some winter climate might influence the Anchorage space. Even with the energetic climate, a gradual daytime thawing of the prevailing snowpack with refreezing occurring at night time will proceed as daytime temperatures rise into the center 30s and in a single day lows drop into the center 20s.

Into Southeast, temperatures will largely keep within the 40s for each Monday and Tuesday with scattered rain showers alongside the coast and decrease elevations, with moist snow occurring close to 2,000 ft and above in elevation.

Oh, I virtually forgot! The vernal equinox, or the start of Spring, begins at 1:24 p.m. Alaska time on Monday because the solar passes immediately above the equator.

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