Back in Southcentral Alaska, for those looking to head to the Alaska State Fair-- bring your rain jacket and umbrella. Thursday's expecting a high of 61 and a low of 44 in Palmer with variable 10 mph winds, gusting to 20 mph winds with a 90 percent chance of showers.
Friday, Palmer will see a high of 60 and low of 43 with mostly cloudy skies. Sun on Saturday, with a high of 60. Sunday's looking even better with a high of 62.
We will be mostly cloudy with a high of 61 degrees and a low of 49 in Anchorage Thursday along with a 50 percent chance of scattered showers plus wind gust up to 30 mph.
Mostly cloudy Thursday night with more 30 mph wind gusts but partly sunny Friday with a high of 60 degrees and a low of 45.
These conditions look to last right through Labor Day but with less wind and more sunshine.
Comment: Elsewhere in the northern hemisphere summer snowfall has also been reported recently at a ski resort in Norway.