Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

I was about to post a quick summary of August climate anomalies, but a more urgent imperative is to comment briefly on the remarkable heatwa...

As the change of season accelerates at this time of year, I find it interesting to consider where in Alaska the climate varies most over the...

Stormy and active weather patterns usually involve strong temperature contrasts (except in the tropics), so it's been no surprise to obs...

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

The upcoming wet pattern is coming into better focus in the latest model forecasts, and indeed it looks very wet from southwestern Alaska ac...

Higher elevations of the Brooks Range had a taste of wintry weather this morning, with snow falling and accumulating for some hours.  Here...

It's been a very chilly few days in the central and eastern interior, with an upper-level trough creating cloud and rain for many.  The ...

It's beginning to feel a lot like autumn already for much of Alaska, as temperatures have dipped below the declining seasonal normal in ...