Alaska Cities Could Feel as Hot as Parts of Texas Today

Friday, some parts of Alaska could reach 80 degrees Fahrenheit – the same temperatures provided for certain parts of Northern Texas.

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists have issued thermal opinion for several places in the interior passage of Alaska, as abnormally high temperatures have a risk of heat -related disease in certain parts of the state.

Why it matters

The end of summer has brought a contrasting weather across the country. A cold front inaugurated this week of temperatures below average in many states, lowering temperatures up to 30 degrees below the average for certain parts of the central and southern plains, including Texas. Meanwhile, abnormally high temperatures struck the North West of the Pacific and certain parts of Alaska, which caused heat-related weather alerts.

What to know

The NWS Juneau Heat Advisory entered into force on Thursday and will remain in place until Friday at 7 p.m. local time. Temperatures could reach 80 degrees in areas not subject to sea breeze.

Meanwhile, temperatures lower than the average hit the southern plains, including in northern Texas. For example, Friday forecasts for Perryton, Texas are 80 degrees.

In Alaska, the hottest temperatures will most likely be felt on the island of the Prince of Wales, said the general forecastist of the NWS, Zoe Kaplan Nowsweekspecifically areas like Hollis or Thorne Bay. Kaplan said the largest cities, like Ketchikan, will probably not feel so hot because of the sea breeze.

“The temperature difference in land and water creates more pressure that can transport the wind, so that all the areas around the water will feel that the sea breeze more,” said Kaplan. “This can reduce temperatures. It is especially any city away from the water and more interior of the canals that will feel these temperatures reaching 80.”

The areas closer to water will see temperatures in the mid -1970s. High average temperatures in the Ketchikan region at this time of the year are around 63 degrees.

Kaplan said there was a small chance that the high temperature daily record of 81 degrees at Ketchikan airport could be beaten.

“It is a small abnormal model for us at this time of the year,” she said.

Alaska heat advice is the only thermal opinion in place for the United States on Friday.

What people say

NWS Juneau in a heat notice: “Individuals who are not used to these unusually hot temperatures for this region may experience heat -related diseases.”

NWS Juneau in a post on X Wednesday: “The hottest maximum temperatures will be in areas not subject to sea breezes, reaching the 80s lower in the afternoon. Temperatures were cooling from the bottom of the 1950s during the night.”

What happens next

Temperatures above normal could return to a large part of Alaska next week, from a temperature perspective of the NWS Climate Prediction Center.