PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
157 PM AKST TUE JAN 15 2013

...RAINFALL WRAP-UP FOR FAIRBANKS...

THE FAIRBANKS AIRPORT RECEIVED 0.22 INCHES OF RAIN AND MELTED SNOW
ON MONDAY. NEARLY ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION BEFORE 3PM FELL AS
ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN. AFTER 3PM THE PRECIPITATION FELL AS
RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW AFTER 9PM.
THE BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME IS THAT WERE WAS 0.15 INCHES OF
RAIN AND 0.07 INCHES OF LIQUID CAME FROM SNOW. THIS IS EASILY THE
BIGGEST JANUARY RAINFALL IN FAIRBANKS SINCE 1963.

THERE WAS CONSIDERABLY MORE RAIN IN THE NORTH POLE AREA. THE
WOODSMOKE COOPERATIVE STATION RECORDED 0.37 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
WITH JUST 0.2 INCHES SNOW...WHILE THE NORTH POLE COOPERATIVE
STATION RECORDED 0.36 INCHES PRECIPITATION WITH ONLY A TRACE OF
SNOW. 

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RT JAN 13