A weak area of low pressure over the Gulf of Alaska will rotate moisture around it from the Panhandle through Southcentral and into the Alaska Peninsula. Showers are not likely to move far inland, so expect the highest snow totals near the coastline. 2 to 5 inches is possible for the Eastern Kenai Peninsula, as a heavier batch of snow moves in by mid-morning. Lighter amounts are possible in Kodiak and the AK Peninsula.
After a burst of snow in Anchorage this morning, little additional accumulation is expected in town for the rest of the day. Most of the snow will pass to our south. Isolated showers could fall in the Valley.
Meanwhile, the rest of the state is either dealing with residual arctic air from the weekend or bracing for another frigid plunge in temperatures. Very cold air will linger in the Pribilofs, Bristol Bay region, and the eastern Aleutians. The west coast will stay below zero with wind chills as cold as 45 below.
The Interior will see temperatures drop throughout the day. Lows will reach 50 below in some valley locations tonight. A blast of very cold arctic air filtering southward from the Arctic slope. The temperature in Prudhoe Bay at 7 am this morning was 50 below. This is the type of bitterly cold airmass that will move to the southwest and effect the Interior and West through mid-week.
