Strange things are happening in Alaska. In May, Anchorage residents – the largest city in the state – trembling from the cold, which was accompanied by blizzard, and in June they languish from the record heat.
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Alaska from the satellite, June 17, 2013. © NASA / Jeff Schmaltz / LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team | Handout via Reuters
Anchorage air temperature is above normal by an average of 6 degrees Celsius. Over the past few days, a column daytime thermometer does not drop below 26 degrees above zero. Sudden onset of atypical heat accused of flooding and fires.
Heat records are broken almost throughout Alaska, in in particular, in the city of Talkitna. Last tuesday the air in this the village warmed up to 35.5 degrees Celsius, writes Huffington Post.
At the port of Valdez on Monday evening and Tuesday morning loading of the oil tanker was suspended because the temperature in the terminal rose to 33 degrees. According to Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. statement her systems are not designed to work in such heat.
Meteorologists blame weather abnormalities for atmospheric air system. To replace the cold air, which came from the north in spring, suddenly hot air came from the south and southeast.
