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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1000 AM AKDT THU MAY 16 2013

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...POSSIBLE RECORD SETTING LATE-SEASON SNOWFALL IN ANCHORAGE...

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE ANCHORAGE
BOWL.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO INSTANCES IN THE RECORD BOOKS WHERE MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED IN ANCHORAGE (AT THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION)
DURING THE 2ND HALF OF MAY. THESE OCCURRED ON MAY 17 1989 AND MAY
22 1964. BOTH OF THESE STORMS DEPOSITED 0.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.
THE UPCOMING STORM HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF PRODUCING THE LARGEST
SNOWFALL IN THE 2ND HALF OF MAY SINCE RECORDS STARTED IN 1917.

ADDITIONALLY...IF ANY MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OCCURS AT ALL THIS WEEKEND
IT WOULD MAKE THE 2012-2013 SNOW SEASON THE LONGEST SINCE RECORDS
BEGAN. THE SNOW SEASON IS DEFINED AS THE NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN THE
FIRST AND LAST MEASURABLE SNOWFALLS OF THE SEASON. THE CURRENT RECORD
IS HELD BY THE 1981-1982 SNOW SEASON WHERE 230 DAYS ELAPSED BETWEEN
THE FIRST AND LAST SNOWFALL.

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