beavis1729

I have a B.S. in Meteorology and an M.S. in Math...I was a math instructor for a few years at a university, and I now work at an insurance company. Not sure if my Met. degree helped me get my current job...and unfortunately I hardly use my degree at all.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 330 PM AKST MON NOV 7 2011 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHEMYA THIS AFTERNOON WILL INTENSIFY INTO ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE BERING SEA STORMS ON RECORD AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE WEST COAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA AND IN AREAS NEAR KOTZEBUE. WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH HURRICANE FORCE OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA AND NORTHERN BERING SEA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE SEAS TO AS HIGH AS 20 FEET OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA...AND TO 15 TO 25 FEET OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PUSH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER INTO NORTON SOUND...RAISING SEA LEVELS TO AS HIGH AS 8 TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH SEA LEVELS COMBINED WITH HIGH WAVES WILL PRODUCE SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SHORES OF NORTON SOUND AND ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST. HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF NORTON SOUND. STRONG WINDS AND WAVE ACTION MAY PUSH ICE IN NORTON BAY ON SHORE. MODERATELY ELEVATED SEA LEVELS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CAUSE SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST FACING COASTS OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALONG THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST FROM CAPE KRUSENSTERN NORTHWEST... SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO A HIGH AS 70 MPH WILL PRODUCE HIGH WAVES AND SOME ELEVATION OF SEA LEVELS...RESULTING IN SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING. THE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA WILL BE HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING. THE STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER ALMOST ALL OF THE WEST COAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AS MUCH AS 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST AND IN PARTS OF THE INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA. AGAIN...THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING STORM WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE WORST ON RECORD OVER THE BERING SEA AND THE WEST COAST.

Great! Is that your first sticking snow of the season?

Teammobeu - welcome to the board!

They're dancing in the streets in Barrow PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 240 PM AKDT MON SEP 12 2011 THE TEMPERATURE AT BARROW...THE NORTHERNMOST CITY IN ALASKA... HAS NOT BEEN BELOW FREEZING...32 DEGREES...SINCE JUNE 29TH. THIS 74 DAY STREAK IS BY FAR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS THAT BARROW HAS EVER HAD WITHOUT THE TEMPERATURE DROPPING BELOW FREEZING. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 68 DAYS WAS SET TWO YEARS AGO. THE TEMPERATURE IS NOT EXPECTED TO GO BELOW FREEZING AT BARROW FOR AT LEAST A FEW MORE DAYS.

Approximately how much daylight are you losing per day? Here in the Chicago suburbs at 42N latitude, we're losing about 2 or 2.5 minutes per day. I can even notice that, but that's nothing compared to your daylight loss this time of year.

Those are beautiful pictures...thanks for posting. I was in Whitehorse in June 2007...the long days were amazing. Even as I'm a cold lover, the picture of your thermometer on that day in January 2011 makes me shiver.

Welcome to the board! It's wonderful having a poster from Whitehorse.

Thanks for starting this thread...good stuff. I hope you're both enjoying life in Alaska.