beavis1729

Good morning,

3 cm snow, snow on ground of 18 cm.

We have -7.1C and pressure as low as 975.2 hPa (record of the station).

We expect a bit more than 5 cm snowfall by tomorrow morning.

That's great...I hope you enjoy the upcoming cold weather too!

Anchorage is getting hammered quite a bit by the snow in these last few days

Yes they are...about a foot in the past week, with 10" on the ground currently.

A nice early start to winter in Anchorage!

I hadn't really thought about interpreting it that way when I first saw this article, but you both may very well be correct. The Georgetown data that was posted seems to suggest this.

Question is, what can one with a meteorology degree do after school that is not related to the field? I'd welcome any degreed meteorologists who are not currently in the field to chime in.

The major trains one for a job in the profession, and it isn't really easy for one to change fields without pursuing additional education at their expense. This is why those already in meteorology school (or considering it) should simultaneously work toward a plan B while in school, or perhaps forgo it altogether for something else if you're not absolutely certain about meteorology as a career choice. In fact, even if you are, a plan B is still a good idea. I did not, and am now dealing with the drawbacks of my prior moves.

I love weather (always have, always will), but was never totally certain about the atmospheric sciences field as a career. Regardless, I followed my passion through a BS and MS in meteorology since I didn't really know what else to do. While I enjoyed the ride and have no regrets, I do wish I had thought about the career aspect of it more seriously. Although I hold my meteorology professors in extremely high regard, I do think that they should've done more to inform students of the reality after school, particularly early on during the course of the major. This may have influenced my decision making back then, something that would've saved me from now scrambling to go through the proper channels to find work in an alternate profession.

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.

NWS in Fairbanks is calling this the deepest storm in 35 years.

They're saying it could wipe out Kivalina on the Bering Sea coast. Only 400 people but they need to get the heck out of there.

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.

Hello everybody,

0C this morning, snow and 1 to 2 cm on the ground:

Temperatures ranging from -7 to +3 on the territory, mainly between -2 and +3 in the south.

Great difference in the forecast between EC and Wxsim even if they both agree on milder temperatures for the weekend, I think everything will depend on snow on ground,

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.

Good morning,

The temperature was incredibly stable this night in a range 6.6/6.8C, we have now 6.8C.

Around the territory we have between 1C in Dawson and 8C in Old Crow (map here).

The weather should be cool with showers today, no more than 15C.

For the upcoming week, it will still be wet, and even cooler.

Summer is definitely over !

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.

Good evening everybody !

I am new on american weather, and live in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada.

I have a weather website Meteowhitehorse and will try to let you posted about weather conditions in the Territory located just at the border with Alaska .

I am also working to set up a network of arctic and sub-arctic weather stations in Alaska, Canada and northern Europe.

I think that all winter lovers will appreciate .

Sorry if my English is not perfect, I settled in Canada two years ago and I come from France.

If you visit my website and notice any mistake, if you have any idea or want to exchange links, just let me know !

Thank you,

Phil

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.