Wildfire smoke visible in Unalakleet.
At Cold Bay, snow was reported on five days during the month, the most for any May since 2013.
We have over two weeks of cold windy weather. It started in mid April around the time of the big wind storm. And in relation of the wind storm on April 24th, Rick Thoman wrote: "Winds this strong in the Anchorage are rare at this time of year. An unusually strong storm for the season in the southeastern Bering Sea produced southeast strong winds blowing across the Chugach Mountains. However, being April, the temperature profile of the atmosphere close to the ground was more conducive than in winter for allowing the very strong winds aloft to reach down to the ground.
Passenger experiences usually turbulent conditions on winter flights.
Rough seas and moving sea ice.
Due to consistent above average winter temperatures, there are many known and developing open holes on the river. I was on the trail working at the Bogus Creek Checkpoint. Most of the trail had no snow cover, and the majority of the race was run on glare ice over the tundra.
Mid-January robin sighting in Chuathbaluk.
The weather was the warmest I’ve ever seen for this time of year and never seen insects like ladybugs out this time of year.
We've had so much wind this winter, on the 15th of January, the winds were warm!!!!!!
Photograph illustrates the impact of a rain-on-snow event during the winter of 2018.
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.
Multiple storms and warm weather in St. Mary's.
Unusually warm temperatures for an extended period this winter has affected the ability to travel because the river isn't freezing over.
"Our roads are slippery when there would be snow to where the children were out with their sled. Planes never cancelled as much as this year to where the flights were backed up to 3 or 4 days. Lately, we've been seeing grasses regrowing after it warms up out there."
Rapid weather change, with snowfall.
Red coral observed near Port Heiden along the Bering Sea coast.
Using a hand-held Garmin Montana 650t unit, I took photos of the tideline in three areas.
Many foggy days in Noorvik during the fall of 2017.
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.
A recent storm in Norton Sound has increased coastal erosion affecting community transportation.
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