Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 20 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 30 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Not a cloud in the sky. SE wind blew all night and is currently 10 knots, gusting to 15.

Update1: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Thick morning fog bank is starting to lift and burn off. Iniakuk Lake should be clear in about 2 hours. Blue skies overhead.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 36 degrees. Ceiling 5000' broken, visibility 4 miles and obscured with large patches of morning ground fog in low lying areas. Winds calm. The fog should clear when the sun pops up.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Update2: Trend - Continued improvement. Ceiling 2000' becoming more defined, visibility 10 miles. Brightening up. SE winds at 3 knots. Patches of blue sky, lots of moisture in the air.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Update1: Trend - Improving. Looking north to the Alatna Valley, the ceiling is still very low and I cannot see the big mountain behind Iniakuk Lodge which is about 6 miles away and 3500' in elevation.

Looking south, ceiling is 1000' becoming defined, sky is brightening, rain has subsided. Visibility 10 miles, Alatna Hills visible, rain fog has dissipated for now. Rain has stopped, winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling 1000' undefined rain fog, visibility 5 miles with rain fog and patches of fog in low lying areas. It rained all night and is raining now. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 28 degrees. Ceiling 5500' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 24 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited - not a cloud in the sky in any direction. Morning fog is building on Iniakuk Lake, but that will burn off once the sun pops over the east ridge. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 36 degrees. Ceiling 5500' broken, visibility 10 miles. Winds  calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling 5500' broken, visibility 10 miles. The north wind blew all day yesterday, all night and is currently 7 knots, gusting to 10.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 6 knots. There is a layer of clouds to the south but nothing that will affect weather.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 28 degrees. Ground fog on Iniakuk Lake is making the ceiling and visibility zero but should burn off in a few hours. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 34 degrees (!) Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling 3500' overcast, visibility 10 miles. It's raining and visibility is constantly changing. North wind at 7 knots.

Evening Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling 2000' becoming undefined, visibility 5 miles and closing. Feels, looks and smells like snow. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling 5500' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling at least 6000', visibility 10 miles. North wind blew all night, currently 7 knots.

Update3: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Liftoff! Ceiling 4000' overcast with the sun peeking through, visibility 10 miles. Winds calm.

Update2: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Visibility is 10 miles, morning fog has burned off to 1000' ceiling. Winds calm.

Update1: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Morning ground fog is - right down to the ground! Ceiling is zero. Visibility is about 50 yards. There is a beautiful fall day coming. I will post when the fog starts to lift. Be sure to check NOAA Weather for the Southeastern Brooks Range: Arctic Village, Wiseman, Coldfoot, Chandalar D.O.T. Camp and Iniakuk Lake. NOAA is forecasting an early fall storm to impact Northern Alaska Monday and Tuesday of next week.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling is currently 2000' due to a layer of morning fog which will burn off later. Visibility is currently 5 miles but that will improve as the day progresses. I will post when the fog starts to lift. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 5000' overcast, visibility 10 miles with patches of morning fog in low lying areas. Light rain. Winds calm.

Update2: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 1000' becoming defined. Visibility 10 miles. Brightening up. Winds calm.

Update1: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Going down. Ceiling 500' undefined, rain fog obscured. Visibility 5 miles, rain fog, rain squalls. Alatna Hills are not visible. Looking north, Alatna Valley socked in. It's raining. Winds calm. I will post when the weather improves.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 750' and dropping. This is actually a morning fog bank and should burn off later in the morning. Visibility 5 miles. The Alatna Hills are shrouded in fog. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 44 degrees. Visibility and ceiling unlimited. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 5500' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Slight SW wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered. Visibility 10 miles, patches of fog in low lying areas. Slight SE winds.

Update2: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Continuing to improve. Ceiling 4500' broken, visibility a good 10 miles. Looking north to the Alatna Valley, patches of blue sky, patches of low lying morning fog. Winds calm.

Update1: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Ground fog beginning to lift. I can see about 300 yards to the east shore of Iniakuk Lake - that's it, but an improvement. Looking north up the Alatna Valley, there is fog to the ground.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling and visibility zero/zero due to thick ground fog. I will post when it starts to lift. Winds calm.

Update1: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling 5000' broken, visibility a smokey 10 miles with patches of low lying fog.  Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling obscure and undefined 1500' due to a thick smoke/rain fog combination. It rained and blew hard all night bringing in choking smoke. Visibility 5 miles. Visibility conditions and smoke density have improved since the wind changed. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling 5500' broken, visibility 10 miles. Northwest winds at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 5000' broken, visibility 10 miles. Light smoke. Winds calm.

Update1: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Thick fog is starting to burn off. Ceiling 1000', visibility 10 miles. Looking north, the Alatna Valley is still choked with ground fog. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 500' fog bank, visibility 10 miles with large patches of fog in low lying areas. There is a lot of moisture in the air, this will take awhile to burn off. Winds calm.

Update4: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Improving. Ceiling becoming more defined, 4500', visibility 10 miles. SE winds at 10 knots, gusting to 15.

Update3: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Up and down, but mostly down. Ceiling rain fog obscured down to 500'. Visibility ranging from 3 to 5 miles. South winds at 4 knots.

Update2: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Shutting down. Ceiling 2000' rain fog obscured, visibility 4 miles and closing with rain fog and squalls. Squirrelly SW winds at 3 knots.

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling 2000' undefined rainfog and dropping. Visibility a slim 10 miles obscured with rain squalls and rain fog. SE winds at 4 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 5000' overcast, visibility 10 miles with patches of morning fog. A rolling thunderstorm passed through the valley last night with heavy rain. West wind at 3 knots. Wind direction constantly changing.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles with moderate smoke. North winds at 2 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Life and Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling 5000' overcast, visibility 10 miles with light smoke. Northwest winds at 2 knots.

Longtime Iniakuk Lake resident Paul Shanahan goes in for heart surgery in Anchorage this morning. We wish Paul a speedy recovery.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.