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Forecast for Anchorage and Vicinity Current Conditions in Anchorage

620 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2009

...High wind warning in effect from 6 am to 9 pm akst friday for turnagain arm and higher elevations...

Tonight... Rain or snow showers. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. South wind 15 to 25 mph in west anchorage with north to east wind 10 to 20 mph elsewhere. Along turnagain arm and higher elevations...east wind 30 mph with gusts to 65 mph.

Friday... Rain likely. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Northeast to southeast wind 20 to 35 mph...gusts to 50 mph in east anchorage in the afternoon. Along turnagain arm and higher elevations...southeast 40 to 50 mph with gusts to 95 mph.

Friday Night... Rain showers possibly mixed with snow. No snow accumulation. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. South to east wind 20 to 45 mph. Along turnagain arm and higher elevations...southeast wind 50 mph with gusts to 90 mph in the evening diminishing after midnight.

Saturday... Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs 35 to 40. Variable wind 10 mph.

Saturday Night... Cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows in the lower 30s. Light winds.

Sunday... Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow. Highs in the 20s.

Sunday Night through Thursday... Mostly cloudy. Lows 5 to 15 above. Highs in the upper teens to mid 20s.

08:10 PM AKST Thursday January 15
 
36°F 
 
 Pressure:   29.62" steady (1002.9 mb)
 RelHum:   85%
 Skies:   Cloudy
 Winds:   W at 6 mph

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Anchorage Almanac
panctemps
  Low High
Today 37°F 45°F
Normals 9 22
Records -27 (1951) 48 (1948)
 
  Precip Snow
Today T" 0.0"
Records 0.24 (1937) 3.7 (2006)
 
  Sunrise Sunset
15 Jan  9:57 AM 4:24 PM
 
Daylight today: 6h 28m
Gain of: 04m 08s

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