Snow begins to fly in the mountains around Skilak Lake near the Skyline Trail on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. The Kenai Peninsula saw a warm day Friday, with temperatures up to 20 degrees on parts of the peninsula, but will plunge into a cold snap along with the rest of the state in the coming week. Sunday’s high is 13 degrees with a chance of snow, and by Wednesday, the high will be approximately 4 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. In the Interior, the National Weather Service predicts a high of minus 18 degrees for Fairbanks on Sunday. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Snow begins to fly in the mountains around Skilak Lake near the Skyline Trail on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. The Kenai Peninsula saw a warm day Friday, with temperatures up to 20 degrees on parts of the peninsula, but will plunge into a cold snap along with the rest of the state in the coming week. Sunday’s high is 13 degrees with a chance of snow, and by Wednesday, the high will be approximately 4 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. In the Interior, the National Weather Service predicts a high of minus 18 degrees for Fairbanks on Sunday. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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