baroclinic_instability

Hurricane warm seclusion and a storm force low.

You don't see this type of cyclogenesis in the lower 48. http://gifmaker.me/PlayGIFAnimation.php?folder=20131008088J3IaTKX5ssTKeWSbqRn3T&file=output_kI1jHh.gif

Relatively insane temperature records set today. Can't believe we had snow less than a month ago. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 415 PM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...ALL TIME RECORD HIGHS FALL AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA... A EXPANSIVE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN ALASKA IS CONTINUING THE STRING OF UNUSUALLY HOT DAYS. TEMPERATURES AT MANY LOCATIONS WERE IN THE 80S TO MID 90S. THE FOLLOWING STATIONS SET ALL-TIME HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS TODAY: TALKEETNA....94 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 91 SET ON JUNE 16 2013...JUNE 14 1969...AND JUNE 26 1953. CORDOVA......90 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 89 SET ON JULY 16 1995. VALDEZ.......90 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 87 SET ON JUNE 26 1953 AND JUNE 25 1953. SEWARD.......88 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 87 SET ON JULY 4 1999. THE VALDEZ TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED IN THE CITY OF VALDEZ. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT WAS 84 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL ON TUESDAY BUT WILL BE COOLER THAN TODAY. THE COOLING TREND WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY. MORE CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR SELECT SITES IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA MAY BE FOUND AT PAFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV/CLIMATE.PHP SNIDER/LUDWIG $

Summer is finally here, and in a grand way.

Trust me, I love snow too, but our locale close to the Pacific means there can be awfully long stretches of clouds and rain in the summer (our wettest climo is late summer...but it begins as early as mid June), so combined with a total lack of winter sun, prolonging the winter like this during our driest time of the year is a big blow, especially for outdoor enthusiasts who like to hike (mtns are snow covered still...with mud a likelihood deep into the hiking season). This isn't the lower 48 where you are basically guaranteed a nice stretch of weather in summer.

It sucks, and if you guys even remotely know a little about me, I LOVE snow. I am a snow weenie. But it was a psychological blow. This is our best climo of the year (driest), and this is where we hike and enjoy the outdoors after a long winter.

I would include snow pics right now, but I am too disgusted. Accumulating on grass now, but there should be a legit shot for accumulations on the road after dark.

Yeah, it has been awful. We are going to get snow tomorrow here in ANC. Latest accumulating snow in ANC is May 22.

Beaufort Sea ice breakup this spring, via the Suomi polar orbiting satellite. Awesome.

It has been a joke of a spring. We just had more snow yesterday...breaking the daily record.

About time. A real mesoscale sting jet, this beauty formed near the dateline the last two days. Note the "tail hook" wrapping into the center of the dryslot in between the bent-back warm front and the cold front (frontal fracture). The tail hook is right near the dateline/50N.