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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 4:20pm, Brooks Range, Alaska

75F at the lake today. Clear and calm in all directions. Enjoy, fall comes in 5 days...

Iniakuk Weather 11:03a

A beautiful day in the neighborhood. Winds calm, Iniakuk Lake glassy, temperature 60 degrees, barometer 29.9 and falling, a few clouds, perfect fly day.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 1pm, Brooks Range, Alaska

8 knot south wind has calmed down a lot since earlier this morning. Broken ceiling at 4500 feet with sucker holes of blue forming over Iniakuk Lake. To the north it looks like more of the same with the cloud layer slightly thicker but not lower. Trend is improving.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Iniakuk Weather 4:06p

Trend: Huge improvement. Visibility 10 miles with scattered low lying clouds, ceiling 4-5,000' broken, blue sky popping through, winds calm. Still a lot of moisture in the air and looking north still socked in, but sun is shining, rain has stopped for now.

Iniakuk Weather 926a

Visibility 7 miles, rainfog, rain showers, ceiling 4000' obscured, barometer, 30.0 and falling, temperature 56 degrees, winds light from the north. Trend: deteriorating.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Iniakuk Weather 9:19a

Visibility 15 miles, high ceiling, light winds from the north, barometer 30.0, temperature 56 degrees. Rained during the night, can see the storm has passed north.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Iniakuk Weather 10:11a

Visibility over 10 miles, ceiling clear with a few morning clouds in low lying areas. Winds calm, barometer 29.9 and rising, temperature 58 degrees. Looks like a great fly day.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Iniakuk Weather 1:28p

Visibility 10 miles, ceiling 3500' obscured with rain fog, blue sky patches, to the south shower storms moving east/west.

Iniakuk Weather 10:45a

Visibility 5 miles, ceiling 2000' undefined, rain fog, light SE winds, barometer 29.8 steady, temperature 52 degrees. It rained most of the night, sun is trying to peep through.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 12pm, Brooks Range, Alaska

High overcast today at 5,000 feet, south wind at 10 knots, the skies are brightening and it looks like this weather is stable for today. Barometer 29.85, temperature 60F.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 8am, Brooks Range, Alaska

Everything finally cleared up this morning and there is bright sunshine and blue skies in all directions. There are a few wisps of fog that need to burn off but no ground fog and to the north the skies look clear and calm as well. Perhaps we will get a few more days of summer after all.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Iniakuk Weather 6:44a

Trend: Improving.  Visibility 5 miles, ceiling 1000' defined, winds SE 12 knots, barometer holding steady at 30.0, temperature 54 degrees.  It rained all night, now the fog looks like it might burn off by noon.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Iniakuk Weather 4:32p

Trend is improving: Visibility 10 miles, ceiling to the east - can see Mt. Hal Waugh which is 4000'.  Ridge to the west overlooking the Alatna River is shrouded above 2000'.  Looking north, mountains are obscured and valleys socked in. Winds SE at 10 knots, rain has lessened, barometer 30.0, temperature 62 degrees.

Iniakuk Weather 2:06p

The scrud is hanging in here - visibility is 8 miles, ceiling 1800' undefined, rainfog, wind SE at 10 knots.  Occasional signs of brightening and lifting are short-lived and the ceiling comes right down.

Iniakuk Weather 10:30a

Visibility 5 miles, ceiling 2000' undefined, rainfog, light rain, SE wind at 10 knots, barometer 29.92 steady.  Trend: lightening up but uncertain.

Iniakuk Weather 9:30a

Visibility 4 miles, ceiling 1000' undefined, rainfog, light rain, winds SE 10 knots. Trend is not improving.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Iniakuk Weather 8:20a.m.

15 knot wind from the south and fog down to 1,500 feet this morning but the rain has stopped and it looks like the area is going to dry up today.  It's much brighter to the north and visibility is currently 10 miles and improving.  Barometer at 29.92, temperature 52F.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 7:40am, Brooks Range, Alaska

A cold south wind at 10 knots this morning gusting to 15. Current temperature 45F. There is a fog layer at 2000 feet that formed around 7am. Skies to the south are clear and blue and once the fog burns off it looks like it will be a nice day. Barometric pressure 30.0.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 1pm, Brooks Range, Alaska

Clear and sunny today with a light southeast wind at 10 knots. Cumulous are building for the afternoon but visibility is wide open in all directions. Current temperature 71F. Time to go fishing.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 10am, Brooks Range, Alaska

Still windy here today, 10 knots with gusts to 15. High overcast at 6,000 feet with patches of blue here and there. Clear visibility and no smoke. Rain looks imminent but so far nothing. To the north there are light scattered fog layers at 2,000 feet, but nothing serious.

Safe travels to all.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 6pm, Brooks Range, Alaska

Clear and sunny but getting windy out of the west which usually means bad weather coming. Currently 15 knots gusting to twenty. White caps on the lake, barometer has dropped the last 3 days to 29.65.

Excellent kite flying weather.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 7:30am, Brooks Range, Alaska

Calm and overcast today with a broken ceiling at 6,000 ft. Unlimited visibility and good views to the north. No rain in sight. Lots of mosquitos.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 11:00am, Brooks Range, Alaska

Heavy rain and fog down to 800 feet, 4 miles of visibility with occasional glimpses to 8 miles. Looks like it's going to be like this all day, crank up the coffee pot.

Iniakuk Lake Weather 7:30am, Brooks Range, Alaska

Heavy rain and fog has reduced visibility to 4 miles. There's a broken fog layer at 1,500 feet and a solid layer at 2,500 feet. 5 knot south wind. Looks like a good day for cribbage. Iniakuk Lake water level has increased one inch and rising.

Monday, July 05, 2010

Iniakuk Lake Weather 5pm, Brooks Range, Alaska

Things have shut down here, visibility down to 4 miles and a dense fog layer at 800 feet. It looks like this could stick around for the night. 10 knot wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather 2:44pm, Brooks Range, Alaska

Heavy showers passed through from Bettles in the past hour, now the sky is brightening to the south, 5 miles of visibility and a 3,000 foot ceiling. The trend is improving but to the north visibility is worse. Will post again at 5pm. Safe travels.

Please note, this is not a current picture, it's just there to make you feel good.