tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post8709233093946983900..comments2024-03-28T07:09:59.093-08:00Comments on Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: North Slope RainRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03946704894714514716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-85070630644300349602013-12-12T14:52:07.542-09:002013-12-12T14:52:07.542-09:00It looks like the GCHN data on freezing rain/drizz...It looks like the GCHN data on freezing rain/drizzle notations for Fairbanks runs from 1986-present, Anchorage 1985-present, Barrow 1984-present, Nome 1984-2009. Pretty much all the first order stations have 25+ years worth of information. I'll verify the Anchorage information with the hourly observation dataset I have to see how well they match.Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-66023572347251779372013-12-12T10:28:07.144-09:002013-12-12T10:28:07.144-09:00Brian, I did not know this (or had forgotten)! Th...Brian, I did not know this (or had forgotten)! Thanks so much for pointing it out! Almost certainly it will be very useful.<br />Richard Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313902028896263276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-73848100042493933432013-12-12T07:48:43.957-09:002013-12-12T07:48:43.957-09:00Richard, there is a field in the GHCN database for...Richard, there is a field in the GHCN database for freezing rain and another for freezing drizzle. There may be useful information in there for a climatology of freezing rain map/analysis.Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-5306278119320593002013-12-11T12:36:39.721-09:002013-12-11T12:36:39.721-09:00If interested, contact the biologist mentioned in ...If interested, contact the biologist mentioned in Kotzebue and see if he was quoted correctly in the news article, and what his perspective is on FZRA and the effects he's observed. Perhaps there's something to be learned beyond our personal human discomforts.<br /><br />More links re surface ice and wildlife feeding. I disconnect the politics of warming from the effects on the animals:<br /><br />http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/caribou/ExpertAnswer03.html<br /><br />http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2008/03/satellites-rescue-starving-arctic-animals<br /><br />http://www.nbcnews.com/id/33164564/#.UqjaJJGtts4<br /><br />http://www.livescience.com/3679-reindeer-caribou-populations-plunge.html<br /><br />Gary<br />NL7Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874712728971005352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-86460577167440539002013-12-11T05:11:11.313-09:002013-12-11T05:11:11.313-09:00Very interesting, Gary, thanks. It may be worthwh...Very interesting, Gary, thanks. It may be worthwhile to do some more work on the climatology of freezing rain, focusing farther north this time.Richard Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313902028896263276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-43545316825924429202013-12-10T20:32:13.563-09:002013-12-10T20:32:13.563-09:00Here's an interesting opinion regarding the po...Here's an interesting opinion regarding the potential effect of freezing rain on grazing North Slope/Western Alaskan Caribou. <br /><br />FWIW increasing clouds and precipitation have been suggested as a game changer for Beringian wildlife thousands of years ago following the Younger Dryas cold and dry period.<br /><br />http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20131209/alaskas-western-arctic-caribou-herd-numbers-continue-slide<br /><br />Gary NL7Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874712728971005352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-25253367909063139542013-12-08T16:39:34.499-09:002013-12-08T16:39:34.499-09:00My snow bird buds in Truth or Consequences NM. are...My snow bird buds in Truth or Consequences NM. are probably stoking their chimineas with lumber to avoid a chill. Not many are prepared for freezing temps at that latitude. Forecast is for temps in the 20's again tonight for them.<br /><br />GaryNL7Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874712728971005352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-64394816568624669322013-12-08T13:45:38.662-09:002013-12-08T13:45:38.662-09:00Thanks Richard. My parents live in San Marcos, Tex...Thanks Richard. My parents live in San Marcos, Texas, (KHYI) and their high temperature yesterday was 32°F while the high temperature in Anchorage was 33°F.Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.com