baroclinic_instability Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Looks somewhat innocuous at first glance, but dual warm conveyor belt streams already taking shape on sat. Bomb out mode is just beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Lord that is a beautiful presentation on the RH map, about as classic as it gets. I can't wait to see this storm ripping. The actual sting jet on the backside of the low stays out of our marine area, but even the warm front may be close to hurricane force winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Just a sick H5 vort max associated with this thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 As expected, already spectacular looking, only going to get better through the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Atmospheric perfection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Great googly moogly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Spectacular... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Doesn't get any better. Hurricane force winds all across the GOA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 CIMSS satellite blog has a post on this: http://cimss.ssec.wi.../archives/11467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_weather Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 From the Suomi NPP polar orbiting satellite yesterday as the storm reached peak intensity of 949 mb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Just a beautiful storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Textbook cyclogenesis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Just a beautiful storm! Perhaps I say it too much, but that was seriously the best cyclone I have seen in a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEREALTOR1 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Thats just amazing. Absolutely incrediblel! And b i, those pics you posted earlier in the thread are beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Thats just amazing. Absolutely incrediblel! And b i, those pics you posted earlier in the thread are beautiful. Extratropical cyclones, IMHO, are the most beautiful atmospheric phenomena known to man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Snow pouring down at 1500 feet earlier (Glen Alps parking lot near Anchorage). Now snow changing over right here at sea level in Anchorage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Snow pouring down at 1500 feet earlier (Glen Alps parking lot near Anchorage). Now snow changing over right here at sea level in Anchorage. Dang seeing pictures like that really makes me want winter to come soon! Beautiful pictures you have been putting up. Just amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Dang seeing pictures like that really makes me want winter to come soon! Beautiful pictures you have been putting up. Just amazing! It was a nice to see snow in the mountains. The Chugach around Anchorage are much more distinct and scenic covered in snow. We are getting back into the wrong side of another blocking pattern, so much of this snow will be eroded away in the next week, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ahhh I want to be back up there! Great pics man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Wow just amazing pictures. Looks like postcard pics. Ya what is bad for you is good for us about the blocking. I am sure yall will see more snow down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Alaska weather pron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick7032 Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 On a side note...congrats to Cold Bay and King Cove on getting Tsunami Ready and Storm Ready. More information and other interesting stories...about different events/forecasts...can be found on the page below. http://www.facebook....vice.Alaska.gov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Starting to look quite wintry up there, with -24 F at Fairbanks and some snow moving in tonight for Anchorage. Cold arctic high pressure should slide in from the Chukchi by Fri. Any local obs to report Baro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Pacific NW might be in for a decent storm on Saturday, The 00z GFS, GGEM and NAM all get a ~980 mb cyclone rotating out of the large west coast trough with strong southeasterly winds around the coast/perhaps inland depending how the LLJ dynamics shape up (although a bit more of a southern nudge would be a more impressive scenario), in addition to fairly solid rainfall amounts, will check the Euro momentarily to see if trends south a bit. GGEM and GFS also have a second system around the 120 hr period, with the GGEM being much more impressive (although this might be suspicious considering the GGEM's tendency to overdue sfc cyclogenesis, the UL jet feeding this system is stronger than the one on Saturday). Edit, Euro, although stronger with the Saturday system, is further north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Got TSRA right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 nice pacific low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Mayo Yukon, -47C CYMA 011900Z 00000KT 20SM VCFG SKC M47/ A2994 RMK VIS W SLP245 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 6th coldest November on record for Fairbanks...and it was -56 in Chicken earlier this week. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 727 AM AKST SAT DEC 1 2012 ..MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FAIRBANKS ALASKA NOVEMBER 2012 IN FAIRBANKS WAS EXCEPTIONALLY COLD WITH UNUSUALLY LOW SNOWFALL. COLD WEATHER WAS PERSISTENT BUT NOT EXTREME IN NOVEMBER 2012. IN NOVEMBER 2012 THERE WERE NO RECORD TEMPERATURES ESTABLISHED...AND ONLY THREE DAYS ALL MONTH HAD AN AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL. THIS DIFFERS FROM NOVEMBER 2011 WHEN SIX DAILY RECORD LOWS WERE TIED OR SET. FIVE DAYS THIS NOVEMBER WERE 20 DEGREES OR MORE BELOW NORMAL...AND 17 DAYS HAD A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER WITH ONLY NOVEMBER 1975 HAVING MORE SUCH DAYS. OVERALL...AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN NOVEMBER WAS 0.4 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 17.9 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH OF 8.7 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WAS 11.3 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL AND MADE THIS THE 6TH COLDEST NOVEMBER IN MORE THAN A CENTURY OF WEATHER OBSERVATIONS. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT THE AIRPORT WAS 22 DEGREES ON THE 10TH...WHILE THE LOWEST WAS 31 BELOW ZERO ON THE 30TH. THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED INTO 40S BELOW IN A FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER LOW LYING AREAS DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH. IN CONTRAST...TEMPERATURES AT SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS DID NOT DROP COLDER THAN 10 BELOW ANYTIME DURING NOVEMBER. SNOWFALL WAS QUITE LIGHT IN NOVEMBER...AND ALL THE ACCUMULATING SNOW FELL DURING THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH. THE MOST SNOW IN ONE DAY AT THE AIRPORT WAS JUST 2.6 INCHES ON THE 10TH...AND THE MONTHLY TOTAL WAS A MERE 4.2 INCHES. THIS IS ABOUT A THIRD OF NORMAL. HOWEVER...THREE NOVEMBERS IN THE PAST 12 YEARS HAVE HAD LOWER SNOWFALL. THUS FAR THIS WINTER ONLY 11.3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN...WHICH IS LESS THAN HALF OF NORMAL. SNOW DEPTH HAS BEEN STEADY AT SIX INCHES SINCE MID-MONTH. THE LONG TERM AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH AT THE END OF NOVEMBER IS ABOUT 11 INCHES. SKIES WERE FREQUENTLY CLEAR AND WIND SPEEDS MUCH OF THE MONTH WERE CHARACTERISTICALLY LOW...RESULTING IN EXTENDED PERIODS WITH VERY STRONG INVERSIONS AND LOCALLY POOR AIR QUALITY IN THE FAIRBANKS AND NORTH POLE AREAS. HOWEVER...WINDS GUSTED TO 20 MPH OR MORE FROM THE 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH...WHICH HELPED CLEAR THE AIR AT THAT TIME. THE FREQUENT CLEAR SKIES AT NIGHT ALLOWED FOR VIEWING OF SEVERAL NICE AURORA DISPLAYS. LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER...AVERAGE TEMPERATURES SLOWLY FALL DURING THIS DARKEST MONTH OF THE YEAR. THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE FALLS FROM 7 ABOVE ON THE FIRST TO 2 ABOVE ON NEW YEARS EVE. THE AVERAGE LOW FALLS FROM 11 BELOW ON THE FIRST TO 16 BELOW ON THE 31ST. IN THE PAST 107 YEARS...DECEMBER TEMPERATURES HAVE VARIED BY 120 DEGREES IN FAIRBANKS...FROM A HIGH OF 58 ABOVE IN 1934 TO A LOW OF 62 BELOW IN 1961. AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 12 INCHES...BUT HAS BEEN AS MUCH AS 50.7 INCHES IN 1984 TO AS LITTLE AS A TRACE IN 1969. POSSIBLE DAILY SUNSHINE FALLS TO THE ANNUAL MINIMUM OF 3 HOURS AND 42 MINUTES ON THE SOLSTICE BEFORE STARTING THE LONG CLIMB BACK TOWARD THE MIDNIGHT SUN OF JUNE. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 153 PM AKST SAT DEC 1 2012 ..ANOTHER BITTERLY COLD MORNING IN INTERIOR ALASKA CLEAR SKIES AND HIGH PRESSURE HAS RESULTED IN ANOTHER BITTERLY COLD MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN INTERIOR OF ALASKA. MANY LOCATIONS REPORTED OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES COLDER THAN 40 AND 50 BELOW ZERO. TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED COLD DURING THE DAY AS WELL...WITH MOST OF THE COLDER VALLEY LOCATIONS FAILING TO CLIMB ABOVE 40 BELOW ZERO DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS MORNING MARKS THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW THAT THE NWS OBSERVER IN CHICKEN HAS REPORTED TEMPERATURES COLDER THAN 50 BELOW ZERO. FURTHER WEST...TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN ABOUT 20 DEGREES WARMER IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA...WHERE READINGS HAVE BEEN HOVERING BETWEEN 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. AS USUAL DURING THE WINTER...A STRONG TEMPERATURE INVERSION HAS ALLOWED THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO BE CONSIDERABLY WARMER THAN THE VALLEYS. HERE ARE SOME OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES OBSERVED IN THE INTERIOR: CHICKEN...........................56 BELOW TOK...............................55 BELOW NORTHWAY..........................48 BELOW COAL CREEK........................45 BELOW EAGLE.............................45 BELOW PORT ALCAN (US CUSTOMS)...........45 BELOW CHISANA...........................43 BELOW BIRCH CREEK.......................42 BELOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 For the first time in over 3 weeks, it is snowing in Anchorage. Finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksstormhunter Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 IR shot showing a nice healthy system slamming the coastline. I see blizzard warnings on the coastline. Looks like you will pick up a couple of inches of snow for the Anchorage area.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now