Still so very close…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Cease teasing, Mom Nature, please! For the second day in a row, the official excessive temperature at Ted Stevens Anchorage Worldwide Airport fell simply shy of what has been an elusive 50 levels. That is the fifth newest town has gone with out reaching that temperature. A reminder, the most recent was Might 12, 1971.

The forecast for Southcentral stays largely unchanged for Sunday and Monday. Some morning sunshine adopted by clouds with spotty to scattered showers for Sunday afternoon and night. Excessive temperatures once more flirting with 50 levels formally on the airport on town’s west aspect. Rain — together with moist snow for the Chugach Vary — stays scattered into Monday morning, however turns into extra widespread in the course of the afternoon and night.

Then it will get a bit of tough. A robust, winter-like storm system intensifies over the southern Bering Sea then tracks into Southwest with a brand new low forming close to Kodiak Island on Monday. Sound acquainted?

Sadly, sure it does. Much like this previous Wednesday, laptop forecast fashions present the same set-up for Monday night time and Tuesday throughout Southcentral. Due to this, I’ve added the prospect for snow showers, even at sea-level, together with the Valley, Anchorage, and the western Kenai Peninsula.

As soon as that storm system clears on Wednesday, sunshine returns in earnest for the area. With some hotter air aloft, this may lastly permit temperatures to heat properly into the 50s by the top of the week.

Talking of 50s, Fairbanks has seen 50 levels or higher day by day this week aside from Wednesday, Might third when it was 48 levels. The tripod at Nenana nonetheless stands tall on the Tanana River in Nenana, however the ice continues to skinny, and waters upstream opening up with every passing day.

A lot of Saturday’s climate throughout the remainder shall be repeated on Sunday. Southeast will see a mixture of solar and clouds with highs starting from the higher 40s to center 50s on Sunday, with few hit-or-miss showers late within the day. The Inside will see a break from the scattered early morning snow and afternoon rain showers as highs attain the higher 40s to round 50 levels.

Center 20s an a number of flurries or snow showers will occupy the North Slope. Western Alaska stays seasonably chilly, however hotter with highs within the mid 30s to decrease 40s. Lastly, the Aleutians keep unsettled with clouds, some solar, together with scattered areas of rain and moist snow within the morning. Excessive temperatures shall be hotter with highs usually within the decrease 40s.

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