http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog RSS Feed for KTVA - Weather - Weather Blog en-us Thu, 16 May 2013 05:36:32 GMT 2013-05-16T05:36:32Z en-us http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/Never-Ending-Winter-207665931.html Just when it looked as if spring had finally arrived over much of Alaska Old Man Winter decides to make another comeback. The weather is going to be downright interesting Friday through Saturday morning for south central Alaska. So here is a currently timeline of how I think things will progress with this system in south central. Thu, 16 May 2013 05:36:32 GMT http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/Never-Ending-Winter-207665931.html 2013-05-16T05:36:32Z http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/National-Weather-Service-Staffers-Face-Furloughs-205489981.html Just as the nation heads into the height of severe storm and hurricane season, staffers with the National Weather Service will be furloughed. This includes more than 200 employees right here in Alaska. Wed, 01 May 2013 00:56:49 GMT http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/National-Weather-Service-Staffers-Face-Furloughs-205489981.html 2013-05-01T00:56:49Z http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/February-In-April-Continues-203723701.html Last winter may have been snowier than this one, but we still have more snow on the ground right now in Anchorage than we did this time last year. As of today we had 17’’ of snow still on the ground at the National Weather Service Office at Sand Lake. On this same date last year we had 11’’ of snow on the ground. There are two reasons why we have more snow on the ground right now and they are pretty obvious. The first was we’ve had more snow this April than last April. 14.7’’ versus 5.1’’. The bigger difference though is that since our last snow high pressure has parked itself over the western half of the state. This has kept much of the state dry and colder than normal. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:03:16 GMT http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/February-In-April-Continues-203723701.html 2013-04-19T05:03:16Z http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/New-Weather-Forecasting-Technology-Being-Installed-202796741.html Forecasting the weather is always tricky business in Alaska, but a powerful new tool is making it a little easier. Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:14:02 GMT http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/New-Weather-Forecasting-Technology-Being-Installed-202796741.html 2013-04-13T15:14:02Z http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/March-2013-Climate-Numbers-201178411.html March 2013 climate numbers for Anchorage, Annette, Barrow, Bethel, Cold Bay, Fairbanks, Juneau, King Salmon, Kodiak, Kotzebue, McGrath, Nome, St. Paul, Valdez, & Yakutat. These numbers were compiled from data from the National Weather Service. You will notice from the numbers that most of the state experience below normal temps for March. Snowfall was much more variable around the state. In south central we saw above normal snowfall. That was also the case in the Interior, North Slope, and a few spots in western Alaska. Parts of western Alaska also saw below normal snowfall. The southeast also saw below normal snowfall. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:25:09 GMT http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/March-2013-Climate-Numbers-201178411.html 2013-04-03T04:25:09Z http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/2013-February-Climate-Numbers-201174121.html February 2013 climate numbers for Anchorage, Annette, Barrow, Bethel, Cold Bay, Fairbanks, Juneau, King Salmon, Kodiak, Kotzebue, McGrath, Nome, St. Paul, Valdez, & Yakutat. These numbers were compiled from data from the National Weather Service. You will notice from the numbers that the western half of the state saw below normal temps while the eastern half experience above normal temps. Snowfall was above normal for the North Slope and a large swath from the Pribilofs and Bristol Bay across the northern half of the Gulf of Alaska to the Alcan border. Below normal snowfall was found in the southeast and the northwest parts of the state. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:47:08 GMT http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/2013-February-Climate-Numbers-201174121.html 2013-04-03T03:47:08Z http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/January-2013-Climate-Numbers-199625401.html January 2013 climate numbers for Anchorage, Annette, Barrow, Bethel, Cold Bay, Fairbanks, Juneau, King Salmon, Kodiak, Kotzebue, McGrath, Nome, St. Paul, Valdez, & Yakutat. These numbers were compiled from data from the National Weather Service. You will notice from the numbers that the entire state saw above normal temperatures the first month of the year. Snowfall was above normal for much of the western half of the state and below normal for the eastern half of the state. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:43:32 GMT http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/January-2013-Climate-Numbers-199625401.html 2013-03-22T23:43:32Z http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/Snow-Returning--Maybe--188001461.html Well it seems things may finally be getting back on track as far as winter weather in Anchorage. We will continue to see a southeast onshore flow through Thursday so we will stay dry in Anchorage, the Matanuska Valley, and most of the western Kenai Peninsula. That will also mean continued rain and snow for the eastern Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound. But Friday things get interesting. Weather models are showing a system somewhat similar to last weeks system that dropped 3 to 12 inches of snow over parts of south central developing. Right now I’m leaning on the conservative side of things Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:26:56 GMT http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/Snow-Returning--Maybe--188001461.html 2013-01-23T06:26:56Z http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/Holiday-Weekend-Forecast-187410931.html Quite the snow storm that moved into south central the past 24 hours. Outside of Valdez the highest amounts of snow were found in a narrow band from Kasilof to the south to the Matanuska Valley in the north. Snow totals in this band ranged from about 3’’ to 12’’. This snow was associated with an upper level disturbance that just parked itself right over the region. What looked like it was going to be a small snowfall turned into a pretty big one for some of us. This was a really dry snow though. Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:03:41 GMT http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/Holiday-Weekend-Forecast-187410931.html 2013-01-18T06:03:41Z http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/Flooding-In-January-186582191.html So why might we see flooding this weekend? In January?!?! In Alaska?!?! Well it's a combination of things. The first being extremely warm and moist air heading into south central Alaska this weekend. This moisture is streaming all the way up from the tropics. In the Anchorage Bowl we could see up to 1.5'' of rain Sunday. Areas of the Prince William Sound could see up to 6'' of rain Sunday. So obviously a lot of moisture heading our way. It's not totally unheard of to see rain totals like this in south central. Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:53:36 GMT http://www.ktva.com/weather/weather-blog/Flooding-In-January-186582191.html 2013-01-12T05:53:36Z