Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 34 degrees. Ceiling 5000 overcast, visibility 10 miles. There is snow on the east and west ridge down to 1000'. North wind at 10 knots.

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Improving. The winter snow squall affecting ceiling and visibility has apparently passed through for the moment. Ceiling 2000', visibility 10 miles. We have 1/2" of snow on the ground. The north wind continues at 15-20 knots.

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Ceiling has disappeared, visibility 3 miles, it's snowing at 700', north wind sustained at 15 knots. Conditions deteriorating.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 36 degrees. Ceiling rapidly coming down with snow clouds at 1000'. Visibility deteriorating, currently 5 miles with snow clouds obscuring the Alatna Hills. The north wind blew steadily all night at 15 knots, is currently 10 knots, gusting to 15.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 34 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited, not a cloud in the sky. North wind at 10 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling 6000 broken, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 3 knots. It rained most of the night, is not raining now. The sun is about to pop over the east ridge.

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Deteriorating, shutting down. A system has moved in from the southwest affecting the ceiling and visibility. The ceiling is a scant 2000' undefined in rain fog. Visibility is 5 miles and closing with a white wall blocking out the Alatna Hills. It's raining. North wind at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling 6000 overcast, visibility 10 miles. It rained and blew all night. North wind at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling 6000 overcast, visibility 10 miles. It rained and blew hard all night and it's still raining and blowing. North wind at 10 knots, gusting to 15.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling 6000 overcast, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 10 knots, gusting to 15.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 34 degrees. Ceiling 6000 scattered, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 10 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling 6000 scattered with large patches of morning fog. Visibility 10 miles. It rained and blew hard all night. Southeast winds at 8 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 38 degrees. Ceiling 6000 broken, visibility 10 miles. Winds are calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling 6000 overcast, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 4 knots.

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 29.9, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling 5000 broken, visibility 10 miles. Slight southeast wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling 500' in ground fog, visibility 7 miles barely to the Alatna Hills which are shrouded in ground fog, all of which will burn off in several hours. Slight southwest wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Well, the fire danger is down! It poured rain for the last 12 hours.

Barometer 29.6, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling 2000' overcast with patches of morning fog, visibility 5 miles. There is a lot of moisture in the air after a night of nonstop rain. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.6, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 1000' fog bank which will burn off later this morning, visibility 10 miles with fog patches. South wind at 4 knots.

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Shutting down. Ceiling unstable rain fog less than 500'. Visibility 1 mile. It's raining. Winds from the southeast at 5 knots. Temperature 52 degrees.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 47 degrees. Ceiling is down to 500' in rain fog, visibility is 4 miles in rain fog. It rained and blew all night. Southwest winds at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 48 degrees. Ceiling 5000 overcast, visibility 10 miles. Looking southwest, the weather appears to be deteriorating. North wind is currently 10 knots gusting to 15.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.6, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000 broken, visibility 10 miles. Northeast wind 15 knots, gusting to 20.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 36 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility zero at the moment due to morning ground fog on Iniakuk Lake. When that burns off, visibility will be unlimited. Winds calm.

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

NOAA has been calling for 'rain showers' and 'sprinkles'. What we are experiencing now and have been all summer, is driving, pounding, concrete-busting torrential rain backed by flower-flattening winds! This is a far cry from a 'sprinkle' or wide-spread rainstorm.

Ceiling is becoming obscured with rain fog, visibility is 5 miles in rain fog. It's raining profusely and the temperature is dropping.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling is a temporary 2000' fog bank. Visibility 10 miles. It rained and blew hard all night but weather is cleaning up nicely and I can see blue sky to the north and overhead. Southeast winds at 5 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 6000 scattered, visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles. Slight southeast wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000 broken, visibility 10 miles. Slight southeast wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles. A band of morning fog is floating across Iniakuk Lake and will burn off when the sun pops over the east ridge. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.3, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 6000 scattered, visibility 10 miles. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 58 degrees. Ceiling 1000' fog bank that should burn off. Visibility 5 miles. There is a fog bank over the Alatna Hills that should burn off. It is not raining! Winds are calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 2000' in rain fog, visibility 5 miles. I can see the outline of the Alatna Hills, but not clearly. Winds calm.

There is a lot of moisture in the air, it's likely as it gets later fog will gather over Iniakuk Lake.

NOAA has posted a flood advisory until 11:30P tonight.

I will post again in a few hours.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling is about 100' in dense rain fog, visibility 4 miles with a dense rain fog bank over the Alatna Hills. Looking north into the Alatna Valley, I cannot see the mountain behind the lodge or the west ridge. Southeast winds at 15 knots.

It rained and blew hard yesterday and last night.

NOAA has posted a flood advisory until 11:30P tonight.

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions have deteriorated. Ceiling is lost in dense rain fog, visibility is 3 miles in dense rain fog. It has been constantly raining since 11pm last night. SE winds at 12 knots, gusting to 15.

As of  12:24P NOAA posted a small stream flooding advisory for the upper Noatak, Kobuk and Alatna River basins. We have water cascading down the west ridge and the Tobuk River inlet to Iniakuk Lake has risen considerably.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 1000 in dense rain fog, visibility 10 miles but up and down. This is a very strong system that pushed through about 11p yesterday and roared with high winds and pouring rain all night. Winds have abated somewhat, but it's still raining hard. Southeast winds at 10 knots, gusting to 30 knots.