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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
305 PM AKDT FRI MAY 9 2025
..MIDDLE YUKON RIVER BREAKUP STATUS
AS OF FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ICE AND WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW PAST GALENA,
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS STILL SOME IN-PLACE ICE SLOWING IT DOWN ABOVE
PILOT MOUNTAIN SLOUGH. THERE ARE A FEW MORE SHORT IN-PLACE SECTIONS
OF ICE BETWEEN GALENA AND NULATO THAT SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY
SIGNIFICANT JAMMING CONCERNS. BELOW NULATO, THE RIVER ICE REMAINS
IN-PLACE WITH SIGNS OF LIFTING AND THERMAL DEGRADATION. THE YUKON IS
OPEN FROM GALENA UPSTREAM TO THE NOWITNA RIVER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
A SMALL (<1 MILE) SECTION OF IN-PLACE ICE AT BIG EDDY/HAM ISLAND.
FROM THE NOWITNA UPSTREAM TO THE BONEYARD, THERE IS THERMALLY
DEGRADING IN-PLACE ICE. THE YUKON IS OPEN BETWEEN TANANA AND THE
BONEYARD; HOWEVER, ICE RUNS CAN BE EXPECTED WHEN THE BREAKUP BETWEEN
FT. YUKON AND RAMPART CANYON FINALLY OCCURS. THE RIVER WATCH TEAM
WILL FLY AGAIN ON SATURDAY MORNING.
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