Warm temperatures that were predicted for the iditarod start

Anchorage, Alaska (Ktuu) – the weather is always a factor in iditarod, from extreme snow and wind to bitter cold and in a handful of years, even too warm.

This will be one of these years.

Snow shouldn't be a problem on the positive side. The race moved to Fairbanks due to low snowewinne in SouthCentral Alaska. The snow depth is still above average in fair bench with more than two feet on the floor.

It also looks further for the snow cover below on the way. The Yukon River is firmly frozen and reports an egg depth of 19 inches in Galena, together with a snow depth of almost two feet.

Further south, Anvik has significantly less snow, but still reports 9 inches and the ice and the snow look along the coast to Nome relatively solid.

The temperatures will probably be a challenge at the beginning of the race. The heat is pumped through a large area with low pressure in the North Pacific via Alaska. This leads to the temperatures in the interior to rise 15-20 ° this week.

Fairbanks typically sees minus 10 deep stalls and rises in early March for heights to 20. This year, this year, on Monday, when the teams leave Fairbanks, there will be much warmer, since over -free conditions are likely.

Warm air will cover the interior to Anvik, but by the end of the week there will be hope on cooler conditions along the coast.

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