Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

"Absolute devastation... worst-case scenario" - words chosen no doubt carefully by the Coast Guard's Arctic commanding officer...

As expected, the active weather pattern and strong west/southwest flow is producing a stormy end to climatological summer, with lots of rain...

No time for details tonight, but a couple of quick notes regarding the ongoing extreme weather situation for Alaska.  First, it was southern...

After mentioning strong winds in Wednesday's post, I thought it would be interesting to look at the top high wind events of recent decad...

A reader inquired about the persistent north wind event of last week in the Anchorage area, so let's take a look at this. First, the fac...

The last few days have brought wild weather to large parts of Alaska, courtesy of a very powerful upper-level trough and associated low pres...