Suncoast Stormwatch

Parts of Central Alaska are currently  in the middle of severe winter weather. Anchorage averages a low of minus ten degrees in January, but on Wednesday morning residents woke up to a low of minus 19. But when you compare -19 in Anchorage to the -60 in Stevens Village, Alaska, it feels like beach weather.

Here is a link to pictures

 Meanwhile, Washington State has been dealing with major floods from a combination of heavy rain and melting snow. At Marblemount, nearly 7 inches of rain fell in one 24-hour period, in a ten-hour period, twelve inches of snow melted at Snoqualmie Pass, the Snoqualmie River at Carnation, in the rural Snoqualmie Valley, was measured at 61.3 feet Wednesday night, 7.3 feet above flood stage and a record for measurements kept since 1932, NWS meteorologist Jay Albrecht said,  and a record 4.28 fell in Olympia.

Spokane had a record amount of snow, 61.5 inches in December as well.

Pictures

This is the first of many posts this year, the temperature  in Times Square last night was a frigid 19 degrees with a wind chill value of 3 at midnight.

Hoping for a great year in weather, Happy New Year everybody!