Cold/Wind Chill, Tanana Valley
- When
- January 6, 6:00 AM AST to 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
Strong High pressure built over the eastern Interior of Alaska causing windy conditions along the Tanana River with little change in an already cold airmass. Wind chill values ranged from 70 to near 80 below at Delta Junction.
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The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
Strong High pressure built over the eastern Interior of Alaska causing windy conditions along the Tanana River with little change in an already cold airmass. Wind chill values ranged from 70 to near 80 below at Delta Junction.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
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