article_snippet: A weather pattern that buried the eastern U.S. in snow has left Alaska fairly warm and relatively snow-free this winter, especially south of the Alaska Range. '
article_snippet: Alaskans can thank the jet stream, which has been delivering warm air from the Pacific, said Dave Snider, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Anchorage. '
article_snippet: While that's allowing a lot of cold air to flow out of the Arctic into the Midwest and the eastern seaboard, we're locked into the warmer part of that pattern, and we've continued to see those warm pushes for a fairly long period over the winter,' he said.
article_snippet: Anchorage gets about 60 inches (150 centimeters) of snow in a normal year; this year only about 20 inches (50 centimeters) have fallen.
highlights_snippet: A weather pattern that buried the eastern U.S. in snow has left Alaska fairly warm and relatively snow-free this winter .
  