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.