Open water over the ocean creates conditions that lead to hoar frost and rime ice. These conditions impact travel and are expected to become more common as ice forms later in Norton Sound.
An unseasonable rain event brought high rainfall and led to high water, especially around noon on August 3rd.
White, puffy, clouds unusually close to the land.
Passenger experiences usually turbulent conditions on winter flights.
While taking photos this afternoon of the snow ice on various objects near the Native Village of Unalakleet, which was on the approximate order of 4 minutes and with very little wind (playground, grass, powerlines), my hands were cold due to the "wetness" in the air and the ambient air temperature.
Using a hand-held Garmin Montana 650t unit, I took photos of the tideline in three areas.
I documented my tracks using the Garmin unit adjusting the track setting to log about every 5 feet, which was saved as a GPS Exchange (GPX) Format. From there, I imported the information into Google Earth Desktop as a KML track.
Unusually wet winter weather activity observed. Traveling in early February (AFE) disrupted travel due to weather conditions.
Warm weather has made for unsafe traveling conditions, including a snowmachine race.
Series of storms contribute to flooding, erosion, infrastructure damage.
3-5-13 Changing sea ice - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA
Lack of sea ice affects seal hunting.
Sea ice conditions making it difficult for community to harvest seasonal fish.
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