Alaska Deep Freeze. Even NWS just made a post about "finally" ice breaking up on the waters.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater
ICE - MAY 1ST ICE THICKNESS MEASUREMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED
NUMBER OF SITES IN ALASKA.
THEY INDICATE THAT ICE THICKNESS IS GENERALLY
BETWEEN 100 AND 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL.
ACCUMULATED FREEZING DEGREE DAYS
ARE ABOVE NORMAL FOR MOST OF MAINLAND ALASKA WITH THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGES OVER THE SOUTHWEST... KODIAK ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST ALASKA.
SNOW - AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAY 1 SNOWPACK BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS) INDICATES A
MUCH ABOVE NORMAL SNOWPACK OVER
MUCH OF THE STATE. SIGNIFICANT APRIL SNOW INCREASED THE SNOWPACK ACROSS
THE STATE WHICH IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL. THE MAY 1 SNOW PACK IS 150% - 250% OF
NORMAL ACROSS MOST OF INTERIOR ALASKA WITH ONLY THE KOYUKUK RIVER BASIN
HAVING LESS RELATIVE SNOW WITH 70-90% OF NORMAL. SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA AND
THE COPPER RIVER BASIN ALL HAVE BETWEEN 100-150% OF NORMAL. SOUTHEAST
ALASKA SNOWPACK IS ESTIMATED TO BE GREATER THAN 150% OF NORMAL. LASTLY
THE UPPER YUKON BASIN IN CANADA AS OF MAY 1 WAS BETWEEN 120-150% OF
NORMAL. THERE IS ENOUGH SNOW ANYWHERE ACROSS THE STATE TO PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT RUNOFF PEAKS AND POTENTIAL FLOODING IF SUBJECTED TO
A RAPID WARMING PATTERN.
FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE SNOWPACK.. PLEASE REFER TO THE VARIOUS SNOW
GRAPH OPTIONS AT THE APRFC WEB SITE AT
HTTP://APRFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV
OR ON THE NRCS WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.AK.NRCS.USDA.GOV/SNOW/DATA/CURRENT.HTML
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This is middle May already!
Oh hang on I thought you said 38°C. My bad.
