Break-Up Update

River still has about 5 feet of ice on it here.  Break-up is a huge deal here, and this year it's a little late.  Everyone is getting anxious to go out on the river in their boats!

Here's an update from the Alaska Weather Service:

"One of the coldest springs during the past century across northern Alaska has resulted in a significant delay in the melting of the winter snowpack and breakup of river ice. The current outlook from the Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center indicates breakup will be 10 days to two weeks later than normal. In addition, there is an increased risk of ice jams and flooding.

Daytime temperatures across much of the Interior are expected to be in the 50's to near 60 the next several days which is near normal for this time of the year. Cooler than normal temperatures are forecast to return to much of the Interior next week."