Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Spring has arrived in earnest on the North Slope in the past week, and the NWS noted today that breakup is underway: 209 PM AKDT WED MAY 2...

News of a small wildfire that started north of Wasilla on Saturday brought a reminder that Alaska's fire season is imminent, and recent ...

Summer-like warmth has suddenly arrived in interior Alaska, and with plenty of snow still in place across the higher hills, creeks and rive...

Regular readers will know that I have strong personal and professional interests in long-range forecasting, including both sub-seasonal (wee...

The Nenana tripod went out yesterday, marking the break-up of the Tanana River at its confluence with the Nenana River.  As I noted last wee...

Most readers will be familiar with Dr Brian Brettschneider of UAF, who has become a sought-after authority on Alaska climate.  Brian recentl...

Interior Alaska is finally escaping the grip of winter, with snow disappearing quickly and break-up beginning to advance on some rivers.  Re...

Yesterday UAF's International Arctic Research Center announced a new website tool for exploring the wind climate of recent decades acros...

Here's a follow-up to a post from a few weeks ago, where I mentioned that I was working on a web interface to visualize the high-qualit...

Winter is hanging on with considerable tenacity across Alaska, with another strong trough bringing a blast of renewed cold air from west to ...

As is only fitting, winter is coming to an end with another spell of unusual cold in much of Alaska; here are a few notable reports from the...

In the first two installments of this discussion ( here and here ), I made a few comments about Alaska's surprisingly cold winter and t...