Weather & Climate

Kenai's council will award a bluff erosion contract the day after bids close

Kenai's council votes Sept. 30 on an erosion contract with blanks where the contractor and the price go. Bids do not close until the day before.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

A high wind warning covers Atka and Adak with gusts up to 80 mph

Adak and Atka are facing wind gusts of up to 80 mph today, and out on the water the seas are forecast to build as high as 33 feet tonight.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Kipnuk and Kwigillingok face coastal flooding as rain threatens Kwethluk and Kasigluk again

Kipnuk and Kwigillingok are under a coastal flood warning through Saturday, and rain could flood Kwethluk and Kasigluk again after last week's high water.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

A wind advisory covers Ketchikan and Metlakatla until 2 pm Tuesday

Ketchikan and Metlakatla are getting gusts of up to 40 mph through Tuesday afternoon, and the Alaska Range could see 70 mph by Friday morning.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

NWS tracks Bering Sea low that could raise Yukon Delta water 1 to 3 feet

A Bering Sea low pressure system could raise water 1 to 3 feet above normal along the southern Yukon Delta coast Thursday through Saturday, with an advisory in effect until Tuesday afternoon.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Yakutat wind advisory expires; top gust 37 mph

Yakutat braced for gusts of 60 mph this weekend. The airport topped out at 37. Nobody in town is complaining that the forecast turned out wrong.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

FAA seeks permit for weather station at Coffman Cove seaplane base

The FAA is seeking a 20-year state permit for a weather observation system at Coffman Cove. Comments close Oct. 2.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Flood watch covers Skagway, Haines and Klukwan through Sunday night

Skagway and Haines face heavy rain Saturday night into Sunday, landing on rivers already swollen by fast glacier melt. Flooding is possible.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Arctic's warmest summer since 1950 included the rain that flooded the Susitna Valley

The July rain that flooded the Susitna Valley is now logged as an extreme event of the warmest Arctic summer since 1950, according to a new climate review.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Chena River flood advisory extended through Sunday as crest forecast rises

NWS extended the Chena River flood advisory through 10 pm Sunday and raised the Moose Creek Dam crest forecast to 25.1 feet.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: NWS forecasts up to 1.5 inches of rain in the Chena River basin

Heavy rain and near-60 mph gusts hit Southeast Alaska this weekend

A Pacific storm hits Southeast Alaska this weekend with heavy rain and gusts near 60 mph, raising streams fast but not, forecasters say, to flood.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Bethel flooding is forecast to return with Thursday morning's tide

The Kuskokwim River pushed water into low-lying Bethel this week and is expected to rise again Thursday, as onshore winds hold it back from draining.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Ice risk on the Dalton Highway and Arctic Coast until noon

Freezing rain and snow could make roads slippery on the Beaufort Sea Coast and Arctic Plains through noon Wednesday, National Weather Service warns.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Dense fog cuts Annette Island visibility to a quarter mile

Dense fog has visibility down to a quarter mile on Annette Island through Wednesday morning, the third such advisory in the southern panhandle in a day.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Suicide Basin levels drop, signaling a possible new release above Mendenhall

Suicide Basin's water level dropped sharply Tuesday, possibly signaling another release. Nothing is flooding, and secondary releases run far smaller.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

A Bering Sea storm brings flooding and high winds to the Y-K Delta

A Bering Sea storm is bringing coastal flooding and damaging winds to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, including Kipnuk, still rebuilding from last year's typhoon.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Flood watch warns Chena and Little Chena could top minor flood stage Wednesday

Half an inch to an inch of rain is landing on ground that is already soaked. The Little Chena is the river for Fairbanks to keep an eye on now.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks dense fog advisory expired at noon after visibility fell to 100 yards

Fog in Fairbanks got thick enough Monday that you could see about a hundred yards, and it did that an hour after the advisory was supposed to end.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Wind gusts to 50 mph are coming, and the trees still have their leaves

Wind gusts to 50 mph hit Anchorage from Tuesday morning through Wednesday. The trees still have their leaves, which is how the outages happen.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Flood watches cover McGrath and Fairbanks as one storm moves across Alaska

Flood watches take effect Monday for McGrath and Tuesday for Fairbanks as a multi-day storm brings heavy rain and wind across Alaska through Saturday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Test flash flood warning to air in Juneau Sept. 23 for Salmon Creek Dam

Juneau's weather radios and broadcasts will sound a "Flash Flood Warning" on Sept. 23 — but it's only a test of the Salmon Creek Dam alert system.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska's August was warmer than its July, for the fourth time in a century

August was warmer than July in Alaska this year, which has happened four times since 1924. July was the coldest since 2008 and kept the fires down.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

High surf advisory holds until 10 p.m. Saturday as Utqiaġvik logs record September rain

A storm brought high surf to Alaska's Arctic coast and set a September rainfall record in Utqiagvik, the wettest day there in records going back to 1920.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Frost advisory covers Juneau, Yakutat, Hoonah and Gustavus through Friday

A frost advisory covers Juneau, Yakutat and nearby areas early Friday, with temperatures near 35 that could kill uncovered plants.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

NWS forecasts water 5 feet above high tide at Golovin through Friday

Water is forecast 3 to 5 feet above the normal high tide line at Golovin through Friday, the third stretch of high water there in three weeks.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Dense fog advisories end across Southeast Alaska after quarter-mile visibility

Fog cut visibility to a quarter mile or less across parts of Southeast early Thursday, thickest along the road to Juneau's airport. It has since lifted.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Weather cancels Koniag townhalls in two villages, three weeks before the board vote

High winds canceled Koniag's first two 2026 shareholder townhalls in Akhiok and Old Harbor on Wednesday, replacing them with meal and sign-in gatherings as the proxy deadline approaches Sept. 30.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Koniag shareholders get nine chances to question their corporation's leadership in person

Nine EPA climate grants for Alaska projects ended with 99 percent of $151 million unspent

$151 million in federal climate grants for Alaska tribes ended with less than 1% spent. One $20 million award was terminated the same day it was signed.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Two Arctic climate-data sources lose federal funding, kept alive by others

Two Arctic climate-data sources Alaska relies on lost their federal funding this past year. Both are now kept alive by universities and private groups.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 1

10 Kuskokwim Delta villages named in flood outlooks for Friday

High water coming down the Kuskokwim meets storm surge pushing up it at Friday's high tide. Ten western Alaska villages could see flooding or erosion.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Wind watch upgraded to warning for the Western Arctic Coast and Shishmaref

National Weather Service raised Western Arctic Coast wind gusts to 65 mph from late Wednesday through Friday, with high surf and beach erosion expected.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

High wind warnings for the northwest coast as Arctic logs warmest summer since 1950

The Arctic had its warmest summer since 1950, and the water off Alaska's northwest coast still ran cold. That coast now gets gusts to 65 mph.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Gusts to 40 mph are coming across the Interior Tuesday into Wednesday

The Interior is in for gusts of 30 to 40 mph from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday night, and as high as 50 mph up in the hills and the passes.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Storm to raise water up to 5 feet above the tide line, Golovin to Wainwright

Coastal flooding could push water 2 to 5 feet above the high tide line along much of western and northern Alaska this week, across several tide cycles.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Minor flooding possible at Golovin, with water 4 to 6 feet above high tide

Water could flood Golovin's lowest buildings Wednesday and Thursday as the National Weather Service warns of coastal surge 4 to 6 feet above normal high tide.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Atmospheric river pushes small Interior streams toward bankfull

An atmospheric river soaked Interior Alaska this weekend, and forecasters warned small streams could rise to the tops of their banks.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Kuskokwim Delta's high tides have passed. Forecasters expected no flooding.

High tides Friday and Saturday will peak a foot above normal along the Kuskokwim Delta, but forecasters expect no flooding in Kipnuk, Kwigillingok, Kongiganak and Quinhagak.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Water could rise again along the Eastern Norton Sound coast Saturday morning

Water along the Eastern Norton Sound coast could run 2 to 4 feet above the normal high tide line again Saturday morning, highest around Golovin.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Prince of Wales heat advisory ends after temperatures reach the 80s

National Weather Service raised its heat advisory forecast for Prince of Wales Island to 82 degrees Friday, three degrees above normal summer highs for the 5,700 residents there.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Magnitude 6.3 quake off Nikolski sets off dozens of Aleutian aftershocks

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck offshore in the central Aleutians early Thursday, setting off dozens of aftershocks — but no tsunami and no expected damage.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read