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Comment by John M. Markle on January 5, 2013 at 5:16am

AKZ131-135-125-051030-
/O.CON.PAAQ.TS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL AREAS BETWEEN AND INCLUDING CAPE SUCKLING
ALASKA/LOCATED 75 MILES SE OF CORDOVA/ TO KENNEDY ENTRANCE
ALASKA/LOCATED 40 MILES SW OF HOMER/
1230 AM AKST SAT JAN 5 2013

...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL
AREAS OF ALASKA FROM CAPE SUCKLING ALASKA/LOCATED 75 MILES
SE OF CORDOVA/ TO KENNEDY ENTRANCE ALASKA/LOCATED 40 MILES
SW OF HOMER/...

IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN THIS COASTAL AREA... MOVE OFF THE
BEACH AND OUT OF HARBORS AND MARINAS.

TSUNAMI ADVISORIES MEAN THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR VERY NEAR
THE WATER IS EXPECTED OR IS ALREADY OCCURRING. AREAS IN
ADVISORY SHOULD NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION. TSUNAMIS
ARE A SERIES OF WAVES DANGEROUS MANY HOURS AFTER INITIAL
ARRIVAL TIME. THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.

AT 1158 PM ALASKA STANDARD TIME ON JANUARY 4 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.6 OCCURRED 95 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DIXON ENTRANCE ALASKA.

ESTIMATED TSUNAMI START TIMES FOR SELECTED SITES ARE...

SEWARD ALASKA 225 AM AKST JANUARY 5
VALDEZ ALASKA 239 AM AKST JANUARY 5
CORDOVA ALASKA 248 AM AKST JANUARY 5
HOMER ALASKA 339 AM AKST JANUARY 5

THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Comment by John M. Markle on December 3, 2012 at 2:58pm

State Lows
	-49 °F Northway -44 °F Eagle -41 °F Fairbanks Eiels -41 °F McCarthy -40 °F Fairbanks Ft. Wainwright Some lows from overnight

Comment by John M. Markle on December 1, 2012 at 7:46pm

Not much windwith these highs. look at an isobar chart. Most of the wind is along the converging line along the coast. Palmer area had 60-80 alonf with an wildfire Wind pushing flames among housing. Luckly damage kept to minimim. Hp readings so far are around 30 in/hg but this week with projections of the highs building you  should see some creep p towards the 1050 markthen aviations will switch to VFR rule below 10k,

Comment by Kevin Shaw on November 30, 2012 at 9:40pm

Has there been a lot of ice fog in these really cold temperatures of late in the interior? It sure has been pretty windy in places at times, which obviously can keep a check on ice fog formation. So it has gotten below 50 below before the end of November, what will that mean for the minimum temps for December in the coldest spots in the interior. What kind of barometric pressure readings have you all been getting in this cold air?

Comment by John M. Markle on November 30, 2012 at 1:56am

Well the temps for the interior finall tanked into the 50 below range. Chicken, Ak hit 52 below last nigth ad more cold to come as High pressure settles in.

 

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/cold-enough-chicken-first-ala... 

Comment by John M. Markle on November 5, 2012 at 5:36pm

inds where hitting 100 knots yesterday durning this storm that headed for east coast

Comment by Kevin Shaw on August 25, 2012 at 12:10am

Interesting article about this massive Arctic storm of low pressure (963 MB as I was reading the article from the link below) that has been spinning in the Arctic Ocean much of August...My previous post talked about the very start of this storm and how it was affecting the ice pack around Barrow.

http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/7732/ice-vs-storm-2012-s-gre...

Comment by Kevin Shaw on August 1, 2012 at 4:41pm

US National Weather Service Alaska

Heavy sea ice will close off Point Barrow, Alaska as early as Friday night.

The storm moving over the Eastern Bering Sea and Western Alaska today will track Northeast and move a front east of Point Barrow late Friday or early Saturday. Sea ice behind the front will quickly move into the Barrow area and close Point Barrow to marine traffic.

Mariners attempting to transit between the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas should prepare for these changing ice conditions:

Within two hours after frontal passage, 6 to 9-tenths ice will move near the coast in the Barrow area. This sea ice will contain first year ice from 4 to 30 inches thick with some thicker ice and some multi-year ice. Smaller concentrations of ice may move into the area a few hours prior to frontal passage.

The next update will be issued by 11 a.m. Thursday.

For the latest ice analysis and forecasts from Alaska's specialized Ice Desk program, visit http://www.arh.noaa.gov/

Comment by John M. Markle on April 20, 2012 at 3:04pm

Warning Description: Areal Flood Advisory

Warning Date: 9:53 am AKDT on April 20, 2012

WarningSum:...Flood Advisory In Effect From 954 Am Akdt To 1000 Pm Akdt
Friday For An Ice Jam And Snow Melt For Salcha From The Boondox
Area Downstream

Warning Message:The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has extended the
* Flood Advisory for an ice jam and snow melt for Salcha from the
boondox area downstream
* until 1000 PM akdt Friday
* an ice jam formed Thursday night on the Tanana river about
one half mile downstream from the boondox...in the general area
of Salcha Rescue.
* The old Richardson Highway was flooded Thursday night north of
the boondox area. An earthen dam was built overnight to prevent the
flooding of the old Richardson Highway and has been effective.
Flood water is being diverted downstream. Warm temperatures in
the Tanana basin for the past ten days have resulted in rapid snow
melt. The water equivalent of snow on the ground at Fairbanks
international fell from 4 inches last Saturday morning to zero
this morning.
Lat...Lon 6461 14722 6465 14690 6450 14679 6448 14713
Djh April 2012

Comment by John M. Markle on April 9, 2012 at 10:53pm

NWS is making mumbling that break up may come early this year due to ice thickness being less then norm even tho the winter was colder then normal. Snow on the ice provided insulation to keep from ice build up

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