On 25 December 2011 a new all-time record high temperature of +9.9° F (-12.3° C) was set at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station — the previous all-time record high was +7.5° F (-13.6° C) on 27 December 1978. A NOAA-18 AVHRR false color Red/Green/Blue... Read More
McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-15 6.5 µm water vapor channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed an intense upper level shortwave trough of low pressure moving northeastward across southcentral and eastern Alaska on 18 December 2011. Strong southerly flow associated with this system brought unseasonably warm air... Read More
Much of interior Alaska experienced record-setting early winter season cold temperatures during the middle of November 2011:PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 304 AM AKST SAT NOV 19 2011 …THE RECORDS CONTINUE TO FALL AT FAIRBANKS… THE EARLY WINTER NOVEMBER COLD SNAP CONTINUES TO RE-WRITE THE RECORD BOOKS... Read More
We received the following email from Ken Waters of the National Weather Service forecast office in Phoenix, Arizona:I noticed something interesting in this morning’s visible imagery off the Baja California coast. Here’s a link: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2ktDMIN5qWfODI2OTYzYjgtZjJkMS00MTU5LTk2ODctYzdhNzY5M2Y2MWIx I’m looking at the apparent wave pattern that’s going “upstream” towards the northeast whereas the low... Read More
