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Tonight the aurora is expected to be very active thanks to some recent solar events.

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By Brett Shepard
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Story Created: Apr 23, 2012 at 6:43 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Apr 23, 2012 at 6:43 PM AKDT

Tonight the aurora is expected to be very active thanks to some recent solar events. The weather looks to be ideal for all but the extreme southwest and southeastern parts of Alaska for tonights aurora. http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast

Weather wise for the rest of the week things should remain fairly quiet in south central Alaska. That means a whole lot of sunshine the next few days. Friday though we could see a bit more cloud cover and the possibility of a few showers. Models are showing a little upper level disturbance swinging through at the end of the week. I’ll keep my eye on it and report any changes later this week. Other than Friday the next 7 days look great. Interior and western Alaska also are looking very nice for much of the rest of the week with dry conditions. In the southeast you’ll see cloud cover and some hit and miss shower activity the next few days.

7 Day Forecast For Anchorage

Overnight will be partly cloudy and cool with lows near 30. Tuesday and Wednesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the low 50s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs near 50. Friday skies will be mostly to partly cloudy with highs near 50. Saturday through Monday we will have partly cloudy skies and highs ranging from 50 to 55.

Alaska extremes for Monday. The hot spot the past 12 hours was Eagle where it hit 57 degrees. The cold spot the past 24 hours was Deadhorse where it hit 0 degrees.

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