Chinook winds brought unseasonable warmth to Southcentral Alaska on Saturday (along with slush, ice and lots of melting). People in one East Anchorage neighborhood adapted with ice skates in the street.
Snowmelt and rain gather in tire tracks on Wellness Street on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.
Chinook winds blew through Southcentral Alaska on Friday and Saturday, bringing unseasonably warm weather, slush, ice and rain to Anchorage and surrounding areas. Mild temperatures were likely to continue throughout the weekend and into Monday, but temperatures would likely drop back down to below freezing by Tuesday, according to Michael Vulotto, an Anchorage meteorologist. Some rain and snow were also possible over the next few days.
“The melting of the snow is basically going to continue,” he said, adding that Sunday and Monday afternoon temperatures in Anchorage of around 40 degrees were likely, while cooler weather was expected through most of the week. Chinooks occur when rivers of warm air flow over mountain ranges and warm up as they compress. The winds were at their peak Friday evening, and continued into Saturday, causing snowmelt and roads that turned to ice across Anchorage, Vulotto said.
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