Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Our summer season ended yesterday with the hard work of Brooks Range Aviation and Wright Air Service, who got us out on one of the few days it wasn't raining. Until next summer.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 36 degrees. Ceiling 3000' with patches of fog. Visibility 5 miles. Low lying fog looks like it might burn off. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 40 degrees. Visibility 500' undefined fog. Visibility 5 miles with a wall of white blocking out the Alatna Hills. SE winds at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling 500' undefined rain fog. Visibility 3 miles with a wall of white headed north. Light rain. SE winds 20 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 900' undefined. Visibility 7 miles. Sky is brightening to the southwest. SE winds accelerating to 20 knots. It's not raining!

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling 750' undefined rain fog. Visibility 4 miles in rain fog. It is raining, rained and blew all night. SE winds 15 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Lifting. Ceiling 2000', visibility 10 miles. Rain has stopped for 10 minutes. Sunlight visible in the southwest. SE winds 8 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.6, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling 500' undefined rain fog. Visibility currently 5 miles but constantly changing. Dense rain fog all around. It rained all night and is raining now. It blew hard all night with gusts between 30-35 knots. Winds are calm at the moment.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 2000' with patches of fog, visibility 7 miles defined. Sky is brightening, sun popping through. No rain. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current condition: Shut down. Ceiling and visibility zero/zero with dense rain fog. It's raining. SE winds at 4 knots. I will post when conditions change and stabilize. The familiar white wall is upon us.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling 1750' rain fog obscured and coming down. Visibility 5 miles with rain fog and deteriorating. SE winds at 4 knots. It's raining.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling 2000' with rain fog, visibility 5 miles in rain fog. It's raining. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.75, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 3 knots. Iniakuk Lake is very high from all the rain. Tobuk creek is running high and fast.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.75, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling 1700' with patches of morning fog. Visibility 10 miles. SE winds 10 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current condition: Shut down. Ceiling 500' rain fog obscured, visibility 1/2 mile with dense rain fog. It's raining. Winds dead calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Shut down. Ceiling and visibility zero/zero, dense rain fog, rain. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling zero with dense rain fog, visibility 1 mile with dense rain fog. Heavy rain throughout the night; it's still raining. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Shutting down. Ceiling barely 2000' rain fog obscured. Visibility scant 4 miles. The Alatna Hills are not visible. Most of the area is shrouded in rain fog. SE winds at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling 2000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Slight south wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Fog is lifting rapidly. It should be a beautiful fall day in two hours or less.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.1, temperature 28 degrees. Ceiling and visibility zero/zero with dense morning fog right to the ground. I will post when it burns off.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling 5000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Ceiling 1000', visibility 5 miles with patches of low lying fog. It's raining. Slight SW wind. Ceiling and visibility constantly changing with dense rain fog.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Shutting down. Ceiling and visibility zero/zero. Slight SW wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling 2000' overcast and appears to be coming down. Visibility 5 miles with large patches of morning fog in low lying areas. SW winds at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Improving greatly! Ceiling 1000' with patches of blue sky and it looks like the ceiling might burn off later this morning. Visibility 10 miles. SE winds at 10 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 750', visibility 5 miles. The Alatna Hills are barely visible. We had high winds in the 25-30 knot range all night and rain. SE winds at 20 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 15 miles. SE winds at 10 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited, not a cloud in the beautiful Alaskan sky. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.1, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling 2000' broken, visibility 15 miles. Slight south wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling 2000' broken. Visibility 15 miles. Patches of early morning fog in low lying areas. SE winds 15 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 48 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, blue sky and pink morning sun peaking through. Visibility 10 miles. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 4000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current Conditions: Wonderful! We have liftoff - sun is out, summer clouds in the sky, good to go.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current Conditions: Improving. Ceiling 900', visibility 15 miles, sky brightening. Looking north to the Alatna Valley appears choked with rain fog. SE winds at 6 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Shutting down. Ceiling is undefined right to the ground with rain fog, visibility 1/2 mile and closing. It's raining. SE winds 10 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 750' undefined rain fog, visibility 4 miles, I cannot see the Alatna Hills. SE winds at 10 knots. It rained and blew all night, surf is up on Iniakuk Lake. I will post when the weather starts to stabilize.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9 and falling, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 750' undefined rain fog, visibility 10 miles. It's raining, rained and blew hard all night. SE winds at 10 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Ceiling 500' visibility 3 miles, rain fog, raining. SE winds at 8 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 500' obscured, undefined rain fog. Visibility 3 miles. The Alatna Hills are not visible, looking north is shut down. It's raining. South wind at 10 knots, gusting to 15 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: ceiling 2000', visibility 10 miles, SE winds at 4 knots. Patches of fog in low lying areas.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling 1000' rain fog obscured, Visibility 5 miles. SE winds at 5 knots. Light rain. It's an up and down kind of day.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Holding. Ceiling 5000' overcast, patches of fog in low lying areas. Visibility 10 miles. Wind switched to the SE at 4 knots. Light rain.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Rain squalls are coming in from the southwest. Visibility is 5 miles with rain fog.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 5 miles. SW winds at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 48 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 15 miles. Winds calm. Big bear tracks on the beach.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.15, temperature 36 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind. A beautiful day in a perfect place.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 36 degrees. Ceiling virtually unlimited, visibility 15 miles. Fog is building over Iniakuk Lake and there are patches or morning fog in low lying areas. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 38 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Fog is burning off nicely. Ceiling and visibility should be unlimited within the hour.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0 and rising, temperature 38 degrees. Ceiling and visibility zero due to morning ground fog. Winds calm. I will post when the fog starts to burn off.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Morning fog burning off. Ceiling 2000' defined and lifting all the time, visibility 10 miles. Looking north, patches of blue sky, clearing nicely. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 48 degrees. It rained all night, rain fog ceiling is approximately 300', visibility 5 miles. Winds calm. There is a lot of moisture in the air, but just might burn off.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 5000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. SE winds at 8 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current Conditions: Morning fog burning off. Ceiling 2000', visibility 10 miles looking south. Fog is still choking up the Alatna Valley looking north. SE winds at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 44 degrees. Ground fog is causing the ceiling to be about 300'. Visibility is 10 miles. Winds calm. I will post when the fog burns off.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: The usual wall of white is encroaching from the southwest, extending to the east ridge. Ceiling is 4000', visibility is 5 miles. Wind has shifted, coming from the west at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Lifting somewhat. Ceiling 2000', visibility 10 miles. Looking north large mountain not visible; patches of fog in low lying areas. SE winds at 8 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 1000' overcast with large patches of fog in low lying areas. Looking north, the mountain is not visible. Visibility looking south, 5 miles. SE winds at 10 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling is approx. 5000' broken with large patches of morning fog in low lying areas, especially looking north up the Alatna Valley. Visibility looking south is 10 miles. SE winds at 8 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Shutting down (again). Ceiling 700' undefined, rain fog obscured. Visibility scant 5 miles with the usual wall of white spreading from east to west. It's raining. SE winds at 8 knots. At this time of day, with this much moisture in the air, it might be best to pack it in, watch the Olympics or Fox News. That's what we do in these parts when the weather's bad.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Slight improvement. Increasing SE winds at 10 knots have not affected ceiling so much (750') but visibility is now 10 miles. The wind continues to accelerate.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Shutting down. Ceiling 500', undefined, rain fog. Visibility 3 miles, rain fog, rain, cannot see Alatna Hills or anything else on all four quadrants. SE winds at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Deteriorating. Ceiling approximately 1500' undefined with dense patches of fog. Visibility 7 miles with dense patches of low lying fog. It's raining. Winds dead calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.75, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 5000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Patches of fog in low lying areas. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 2000' broken, visibility 10 miles with patches of fog in low lying areas. SE winds at 8 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 54 degrees.  Ceiling 1750' overcast, patches of fog in low lying areas (Alatna Valley).  Visibility 10 miles. South wind at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer. 29.9, temperature 52 degrees. It's raining. Ceiling 6000' broken, patches of blue sky. Visibility 10 miles. Looking north up the Alatna Valley, it appears open with patches of morning fog. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Shutting Down. Ceiling obscured, visibility 4 miles, Alatna Hills not visible. Dense rain fog. South wind at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Lifting. Ceiling 1000', visibility 10 miles. Looking south the Alatna Hills are visible and the ceiling is becoming more defined. The sky is brightening. Looking north, the mountain is not visible and the ceiling is more in the 750' range. Slight SW wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 700' rain fog obscured, visibility 5 miles. SE winds at 3 knots. Sky brightening.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling and visibility zero/zero. Dense rain fog all around, it rained hard all night and is still raining. SE winds at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, patches of blue sky, visibility 10 miles. SE winds at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 5000' broken, visibility 10 miles. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 2000', visibility 10 miles. Just talked with a pilot going up the Alatna Valley and he said it looked good.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating.  Ceiling and visibility are coming down, both undefined with rainfog. Visibility less than 5 miles, ceiling undefined.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 1750', visibility 10 miles. Conditions becoming more stable. SE winds at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 1800', visibility 10 miles. Brightening, becoming more defined. SE winds at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Unstable.  Ceiling dense rainfog, undefined. Visibility 3 miles, dense rainfog. SE winds 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 700' rain fog undefined. Visibility scant 5 miles. Rain fog all around. SE winds at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Stormy. Ceiling 750' undefined rain fog. Visibility 5 miles at best, undefined and constantly changing with rain fog. South wind at 6 knots. Light rain. Looking south, surf is up on Iniakuk Lake. It's likely the wind is much stronger at the south end.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 750' fog bank which should burn off later this morning. Visibility 10 miles. SE wind at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 800', visibility 10 miles. Looking north, I cannot see the big mountain. SE winds at 4 knots. Brightening.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling and visibility zero/zero. It's raining and there is rain fog on all quadrants down to the ground. I will post when conditions start to change.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. High overcast coming from the south. Slight north wind. Noticeably cooler.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 1000', visibility 10 miles. SE winds at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current Conditions: Shut down. Dense fog on all quadrants - ceiling 200' undefined rain fog, visibility 5 miles. Conditions unstable. SE winds at 2 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling 400' becoming undefined fog bank on all quadrants. Visibility 4 miles and decreasing. SE winds at 1 knot. Looking northwest, Alatna Valley socked in.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 500' fog bank on all quadrants. Visibility 5 miles. The Alatna Hills are not visible, fog down to the ground looking south. SE winds at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Shutting down. Ceiling indecipherable with rain fog down to the ground. Visibility 5 miles but constantly changing. Alatna Hills not visible. Dense rain fog all around. SE winds at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 750' undefined, visibility 5 miles. Lots of moisture in the air, looks like the fog could burn off. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Shut down. Ceiling 500' obscured, visibility 4 miles, rain fog, steady rain. SE wind at 3 knots. Temperature 50 degrees, barometer going down.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Shutting down. Ceiling 1000' obscured and dropping. Visibility 2.5 miles and closing. Alatna Hills not visible. A wall of white moving steadily north. Light rain, SE winds at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling still 2000' but becoming undefined. Visibility 5 miles. The Alatna Hills are disappearing, especially the southwest quadrant. It looks like snow! SW winds at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 2000' broken, visibility 10 miles. SW winds at 2 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 5000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. SE wind at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 2 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer is 30.1, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. SE winds at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. SE winds at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 20 miles. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 20 miles. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 20 miles. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 42 degrees. Severe clear all around. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling 2000' broken, visibility 10 miles. SE wind was gusting to 15 knots, but has calmed down to 5 knots. Rain squalls are passing through.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.95, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling 6,000' scattered, visibility 15 miles. North wind at 2 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer, 29.9, temperature 42 degrees. Morning fog is drifting down Tobuk Creek, the inlet to Iniakuk Lake. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer, 29.75, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 750' rain fog obscured, undefined. Visibility 4 miles. It rained all night.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 2000' broken, visibility 15 miles. We had high winds, torrential rains and zero visibility during the night. It's clearing to the south and there's residual morning fog.

Happy Fourth of July.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 2000' broken, visibility 10 miles, brightening up. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Shutting down. Ceiling 4000', visibility 5 miles and closing. A big wall of white is heading our way from the southwest. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 60 degrees. ceiling 6,000' broken, visibility 20 miles. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 56 degrees, ceiling and visibility unlimited. Not a cloud in the sky.

Thank you Dan and Jay at Brooks Range Aviation for delivering 11 guests yesterday. We had fresh king salmon on the grill for dinner last night, and are about to enjoy sourdough blueberry pancakes for breakfast. Drop by anytime.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 6,000 broken, visibility 20 miles. Winds from the north at 3 knots.

Today we have 11 guests arriving and by Wednesday, there will be 21. Should be fun.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 2000' defined. Visibility 15 miles. The Alatna Hills are clearly visible. Looking north, the Alatna Valley appears open. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 1000' and becoming more defined, visibility 10 miles. The sky is brightening and appears to be lifting. Winds SE at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling 500' undefined and coming down, rain fog, visibility 5 miles. SE winds at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Holding. Ceiling 1,000' undefined, rain fog. Visibility 5 miles. SE wind at 5 knots. Looking north, the big mountain is not visible, but the sky is brightening.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Shut down. Ceiling 500' undefined, rain fog. Visibility 3 miles, rain fog.  Light SE wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Shutting down. Ceiling 750' undefined, rain fog. Visibility 5 miles and closing. A big wall of white is heading our way. Winds SE at 7 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling scant 2000', visibility 5 miles and going down, a system appears to be coming in from the southeast. Winds SW at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling 2000' overcast with patches of fog. Visibility 15 miles. Slight south wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling 1500', visibility 15 miles. SE winds 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Lifting. The weather is lifting, sky brightening, visibility 10 miles, ceiling 1750', becoming more defined as the hours pass. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling is 500' becoming more defined, sky is brightening. Visibility 10 miles to the south the Alatna Hills are visible. The large mountain to the north is not visible. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Shutting down. Ceiling and visibility totally obscured due to rain fog. I will post when the weather starts to improve.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling 4500' rainfog obscured, visibility 5 miles rainfog obscured, winds SE at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

It's raining! Barometer 29.6, temperature 58 degrees, ceiling 6,000 overcast. Visibility 10 miles. The Alatna Hills are partially obscured due to rainfog and smoke. This is the first soaking rain since June 12.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 56 degrees, ceiling 6,000 broken, visibility 20 miles, winds calm. Mosquito density, 75%.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 56 degrees. Visibility 20 miles, ceiling 6,000 broken. SE wind at 15 knots and gusting.

Heavy smoke which rolled in last night has blown away.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

The barometer is 29.7, temperature 60 degrees; 20 degrees higher than yesterday morning. Visibility 20 miles, ceiling 6,000 broken, slight wind from the north.

Yesterday, a black bear caught my dog napping. I saw the bear coming onto the lawn in front of the kitchen window. Suddenly there was a growling, whirring noise and my dog, Max, tore out after the bear, ran him off the lawn and into the woods. Then he went back to sleep.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Smoke haze and smell from the huge fire in Allakaket, west of Iniakuk Lake. Barometer 30.0, temperature 40 degrees. High overcast, visibility and ceiling unlimited. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

The weather has been perfect, just one beautiful day after another. Barometer 29.7, temperature 42 degrees, down 10 degrees from yesterday. Visibility and ceiling unlimited.

If you're a birder, this is the place to be.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

It's a bit chilly, 38 degrees with morning fog on the inlet. Barometer 29.9, visibility and ceiling unlimited. Not a cloud in the sky.

Good morning from Iniakuk Lodge

It's great to be back for the 2012 summer season. Unlike Fairbanks, the weather here is wonderful. We landed on June 12 to clear, warm weather, balmy wind and minimal mosquitoes.

Today is slightly overcast, barometer 30.1, temperature 50 degrees, winds calm.

Good To Go

Such a welcome sight. Open water.

Getting Close

Another amazing aerial photo by John Baleski shows the ice has broken up considerably in just the last few days. We have rescheduled for June 12 and it looks like we'll make it.

The View from Above

As you can see, there is a slight obstacle - ice.  Thanks to John Baleski for this aerial photo. There's nothing to do but wait.

Northern Pike

The ice should be off Iniakuk Lake in less than 2 weeks which mean the fish will be hungry.  So get out there and kiss a pike.

Countdown to 2012 Summer Season

We are 48 days out until the start of the Iniakuk Lodge 2012 season. Our sincere thanks to Brooks Range Aviation and Wright Air Service for making it all possible. Many thanks to all our guests past and present, and for the annual return of the nesting shorebirds, tree swallows, robins and of course their food source - mosquitoes.

If you haven't booked in yet, you're missing out.

Iniakuk Lake Lodge Photography

A selection of photos from the past month by John Gaedeke can be found here.

Clear and calm

-25F clear and calm this morning, got up to 5F yesterday with lots of sunshine.

Let the dogs out

Balmy -20F this morning and will probably be above zero later in the day.  Calm and clear and long days of sunshine.  March is the best!

The Northern Lights are Running Wild

Fantastic Northern Lights last night and -40F this morning, classic March weather.  It should warm up to -10F today and we'll be mushing dogs around the lake.

Here's what's happening tonight:

Forecast: Auroral activity will be active. Weather permitting, active auroral displays will be visible overhead as far south as Anchorage, Alaska, Trondheim, Norway and Igarka, Russia, and visible low on the horizon in Montreal, Stockholm, Helsinki and Yakutsk, Russia.

Forecaster Comments: The large solar event that took place on March 5 should lead to enhanced auroral activity starting on the 7th of March GMT. The solar debris was not directed toward Earth, but the advancing front will combine with a fast stream in the solar wind to produce auroral activity indexed at Kp=4 or greater. 

Live Blogging Winter in Fairbanks

It's cold - it's dark still but getting lighter by the day.  The temps are accompanied by a bone-cracking wind chill that will make your implants fall out, no matter their location. Chickadees, Red Polls and a lone Slate-colored Junco duke it out in the bird feeder until the meager daylight fades.