Special Weather Statement: Fairbanks Metro Area

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Special Weather Statement — Fairbanks Metro Area
Severity: Moderate. Certainty: Observed.
Between 4 and 7 inches of heavy, wet, snow fell across the
Fairbanks Metro Area Monday. Warming temperatures Monday evening
into Tuesday have caused portions of that snowfall to melt,
creating many slushy areas of melting snow and pooling water.
Overnight low temperatures Tuesday night into Wednesday morning
are expected to fall into the upper teens to low 20s which will
allow much of this slush to refreeze. Slick surfaces are very
likely Wednesday morning as wet surfaces and small water puddles
freeze. Areas of heavy, wet snow will also refreeze giving the
slush a sturdier, more ice like texture. Travel may be impacted,
especially during the Wednesday morning commute.

Additional rain and snow showers are expected overnight Wednesday
into Thursday with much lighter accumulations than Monday. Less
than an inch of new snow is possible with only a few hundredths of
an inch of liquid equivalent expected.

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