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Monday, July 31, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 6000 overcast, visibility 10 miles. Light rain and rain squalls visible over the Alatna Hills. Slight south wind.

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind.

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles. Southwest winds at 3 knots.

Friday, July 28, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling unlimited with light smoke, visibility 7 miles in moderate smoke with a dense smoke bank visible beyond the Alatna Hills. Slight north wind.

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000 broken, visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 6000 overcast, visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Rapidly improving. Both east and west ridge overlooking Iniakuk Lake are clear of morning fog. Looking north I can see the mountain clearly, looking south I can see the Alatna Hills and beyond. A few patches of morning fog remain in the Alatna Valley but will burn off shortly. Winds are calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles. At this hour morning ground fog is starting to gather across Iniakuk Lake but that will burn off as soon as it warms up a bit. Winds calm.

Monday, July 24, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 1500' fog bank, visibility 7 miles. Fog in low lying areas will burn or blow off in a few hours. South wind at 5 knots.

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Deteriorating. Ceiling is down to the ground in rain fog, visibility 3 miles in thick rain fog. Winds have diminished. Southeast winds at 3 knots. I will post if conditions improve but getting the Google blog to load in these conditions is difficult.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 62 degrees. Ceiling 6000 overcast, visibility 10 miles. Southeast wind 10 knots, gusting to 15 knots.

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 48 degrees. Ceiling 6000 overcast, visibility 10 miles. Winds calm.

Friday, July 21, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 5 knots.

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

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

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 62 degrees. Ceiling 6000 patchy, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 3 knots.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling 6000 broken, visibility 10 miles. Slight Southeast wind.

Monday, July 17, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles. Slight southwest wind. Wildfire smoke is barely noticeable.

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 64 degrees. Ceiling 6000 broken, visibility 10 miles. Local smoke is much improved today, I can see the Alatna Hills clearly but dense smoke is lurking in the background. South winds at 4 knots.


Saturday, July 15, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer, 30.0, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling unlimited in light smoke, visibility 7 good miles, possibly 10 in moderate smoke. Slight north wind.

Friday, July 14, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 6000', visibility 5 miles, the Alatna Hills are not visible. Looking north, the big mountain is not visible but both east and west ridges are visible. Winds dead calm.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.2, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered in dense smoke. Visibility 5 miles in dense smoke. North wind at 3 knots.

At 11:22p last night, a T-storm passed through with a thunderclap so close and intense it caused the window in my sleeping house to concuss. It was like an explosion.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast with dense smoke. Visibility 5 miles in dense smoke. Winds calm.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling 6000' light overcast, visibility 10 miles in light smoke and morning fog. North wind at 3 knots.

Monday, July 10, 2017

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Ceiling is 1000' in dense smoke, fog has lifted and sky is brightening. Visibility 8 miles. The Alatna Hills are marginally visible but not distinct. Slight south wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling obscured by dense smoke. I can see Mt. Hal Waugh at 4000' east of Iniakuk Lodge, but further south on the east ridge, the ceiling drops to 1000' due to dense smoke. Visibility 5 miles, the Alatna Hills are not visible. Slight north wind.

I will post updates today.

Sunday, July 09, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 66 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 10 miles in light smoke. North wind at 10 knots.

Saturday, July 08, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling 6000' high overcast, visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.

Friday, July 07, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Not a cloud in the sky. Slight north wind.

Thursday, July 06, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 10 miles. Wind calm.

Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling 6000' slight overcast, visibility 10 miles. Southeast wind at 4 knots.

Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles. It rained most of the night. Slight north wind.

Monday, July 03, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 3 knots.

Sunday, July 02, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 48 degrees. Ceiling and visibility zero due to morning fog on the lake which will burn off in a few hours. Winds calm.

Saturday, July 01, 2017

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling 1500' in morning rain fog. Visibility 5 miles, the Alatna Hills are partially obscured in rain fog. Winds calm.

Last evening T-storms and rain passed through, then at 1:00a torrential rain with absolutely no wind slowly moved through the Alatna Valley completely soaking everything.