{"id":23008,"date":"2017-01-19T20:59:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T20:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=23008"},"modified":"2017-01-21T02:38:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T02:38:22","slug":"cold-temperatures-in-alaska-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/23008","title":{"rendered":"Cold temperatures in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NOAA-18 AVHRR Infrared Window (10.8 \u00b5m) image, with surface air temperatures and corresponding station identifications [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>A NOAA-18 AVHRR Infrared Window (10.8 \u00b5m) image (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed the signature of cold air (violet colors)<\/em> settling into river valleys and other low-elevation terrain areas across the cloud-free interior of Alaska at 1916 UTC (10:16 am local time) on 18 January 2017. Note that there was a layer of clouds (warmer<\/em> cyan colors)<\/em> over much of the North Slope of Alaska; these clouds were acting to limit strong surface radiational cooling, with resulting surface air temperatures only as cold as the -20s F. This AVHRR image was about 1 hour before the low temperature at Fairbanks International Airport (PAFA) dropped to -51\u00baF (-46\u00baC) — the first low of -50\u00baF or colder at that location since 31 December 1999 (-53\u00baF). While these were certainly cold temperatures, in general most were several degrees warmer than the daily record lows for 18 January:<\/p>\n

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It’s cold over parts of Alaska, but it’s not approaching record low levels. Many of these records were set in 1947. #akwx<\/a> @Climatologist49<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ssWq0ZhV09<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rick Thoman (@AlaskaWx) January 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n