Alaska experiences unusual weather with multiple false springs, marked by warm periods followed by heavy snow or cold, casting doubt on the arrival of summer.
In past years observers reported on changes in the timing of when spring crust snow develops in Glen Alps. This year the crust is developing at lower elevation(s) but not at Glen Alps. Is it spring in Anchorage and still winter in the Chugach?
I was looking forward to ice skating this winter. I had bought a pair of Nordic blades. This morning, I woke up to over a foot of snow. It is an early storm for Seward, which was blanketed in white this morning.
It is November, we have snow and we are skiing the Southcentral Alaska backcountry early and in the best conditions in years.
"The first snowfall of this year happened so early that the leaves on the trees had not fallen yet. The weight of the snow on top of the trees that had not shed their leaves caused the trees to incur damage."
Snow blanketed parts of Alaska’s largest city Tuesday morning, as Anchorage saw an early, though unofficial, first snowfall of the season. It's technically unofficial because none was reported at the National Weather Service’s official measuring spot on the city’s west side.
Unseasonably cold air swept into Alaska’s largest city Thursday, and forecasters expect it to stay through the weekend. The cold is plunging south into Alaska all the way from the North Pole, pushing a band of snow through Southcentral.
The number of salmon returning to Chester Creek has improved since 2008. This year, spawning salmon are lingering in the creek later than usual.
Robins are migratory birds, but may stay in one place if the temperature is warm and/or there is food available.
As much of the Lower 48 braces for frigid weather, Anchorage-area temperatures have run some 13 degrees above normal so far this month.
Seasonal swings set drivers up for bad trip.
I rarely see trumpeter swans on the lake, and I don't ever remember seeing them so early.
Why air quality is worse at different times of day and how you might be violating city code with your leaf blower.
Spring has come about a month early. Is the mating season for our state bird, the Willow Ptarmigan, early as well?
The snow cover in Anchorage and the Chugach is disappearing very quickly. Go out and get it while you can!
Warmer than normal temperatures in Anchorage may be causing willows (genus Salix) to bud early.
Avalanche monitors say danger remains high in Turnagain Pass, Girdwood and Portage.
Despite it almost being January, an Eagle River homeowner has captured footage of a black bear awake and active around her house.
“If black bears are starting to stir, brown bears could be, too,” a state Fish and Game official said.
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