Fairbanks, Alaska

The Tanana river remains out of its banks at the end of
ruger trail... and the Road remains flooded at its end.
A small amount of water continues to find its way into
piledriver Slough... but The Slough remains well below
flood level.

The Tanana river remains near bankful in other spots nearby.
There is no apparent threat of serious flooding... but residents
of the area should remain alert for changing conditions.

... Record low temperatures at Bettles AK...

The current cold snap has produced a few record low temperatures
at Bettles.

On the 16th... the high temperature of 27 below tied with 1956 and
1969 for the lowest maximum temperature.

On the 17th... the low of 45 below broke the previous record of 42
below set in 1956

On the 18th... the low of 46 below broke the previous record of 40
below set in 1993. The high temperature of 38 below smashed the
previous record low maximum temperature of 18 below set in 1993.

... Cold weather to gradually release it's grip on the interior...

An unseasonably cold airmass that brought record low temperature
to parts of the interior will give way to a more seasonable
weather pattern late this weekend and into next week.

Two more very cold nights are in store for the interior tonight
and Saturday night... with widespread lows of 25 to 40 below in
the valleys. A few cold spots in the central interior and upper
Koyukuk valley will likely see the temperature drop to 45 below.
Temperatures on the hills will not be as cold... but will still
remain below zero until Sunday afternoon. The record low tonight
at Fairbanks International Airport is 35 below... which was set in
1904.

The upper level trough responsible for the unseasonably cold weather
across the interior will gradually lift out this weekend... and
will be replaced by southerly flow aloft much of next week. This
will allow temperatures to return to more seasonable levels for
November.

By Monday... most areas will have high temperatures above
zero... and the hills will likely see temperatures climb to near 20
above. Once the cold air retreats it is likely that temperatures
will remain near to above average for at least the next several
days... with no signs of a return to unseasonably cold weather
during the next week.

The average high this time of year at Fairbanks is 9 above... and
the average low is 10 below.

The coldest temperatures during this early season cold snap have
generally been across the central interior and upper Koyukuk
valley where a clear sky has allowed temperatures to drop to 40 to
45 below much of the week.