It may be January, but the unusually warm, rainy weather feels more like spring breakup, and it’s bringing the kind of flooding concerns also usually not seen in the Anchorage area until later in the year.
National Weather Service updates criteria for cold weather advisories in Alaska
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Oregon under a cold weather advisory until Wednesday morning
Cold weather advisory issued for Northwest Alabama until Wednesday morning
A cold weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 11:38 a.m. valid from 6 p.m. until Wednesday 9 a.m. for Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin and Lawrence counties.
Heavy freezing spray warnings were issued for Michigan and Alaska that could cause "catastrophic loss of stability" of vessels.
The largest populated city in Alaska is still recovering from the hurricane-force winds that battered homes and infrastructure on Sunday, leaving thousands without power.
New Orleans has received more snowfall since the start of meteorological winter than many cold-weather cities across the country.
New Orleans has received more than twice the snowfall as Anchorage this winter — underscoring Southcentral Alaska’s meager snow season as much as the rare winter storm that pummelled that subtropical Louisiana city this week.
The rare Southern storm prompted this headline from the Anchorage Daily News: "Hey, New Orleans, please send some of your snow to Anchorage."
Areas affected include southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, western Michigan, northwestern New York, and eastern North Carolina.
Cairo and its ancient pyramids sits on nearly the exact same line of latitude as the Mississippi Coast. Weather there on Wednesday peaked at 71 degrees with a light rain around noon. Dead pharaohs can expect temps to rest in the upper 60s for the remainder of the week.
Warmer temperatures are finally peaking over the horizon in Northwest Florida, but it's still going to be cold.
New Orleans has received more than twice the snowfall as Anchorage this winter — underscoring Southcentral Alaska's meager snow season as much as the rare winter storm that pummeled that subtropical Louisiana city this week.
Boston and the rest of New England have been dealing with well below-average temperatures, in some cases falling 20 degrees, as an expansive mass of Arctic air spreads across the eastern half of the United States. This cold surge is making our region this week feel colder than Anchorage, Alaska, which is topping out at 36 degrees.
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