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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 3000' with patches of rain fog. Visibility 7 miles with rain fog over the Alatna Hills, although they are visible but not clearly. It's lightly raining. Slight north wind.

The 2019 summer season ends today, weather permitting. The Brooks Range always has the last word.

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 2000' in overcast skies, visibility 10 miles. Southeast wind at 13 knots.

Our 2019 summer season ends tomorrow, August 28. A lot was accomplished.

See you down river.

Monday, August 26, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.

Sunday, August 25, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 30 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind.

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 4 knots, gusting to 16.

Friday, August 23, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.7, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 10 miles. North wind 4 knots, gusting to 7.

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 32 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles. The Alatna Hills are visible but not clearly due to wildfire smoke and morning fog. Slight north wind.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 6 knots.

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. North wind 7 knots, gusting to 11.

Monday, August 19, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.3, temperature 34 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Calm wind.

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.6, 40 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. North wind 5 knots gusting to 12.

Brooks Range weather rocks.

Saturday, August 17, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer reads 30.6, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Quite a change from yesterday. North wind at 6 knots, gusting to 10.

Friday, August 16, 2019

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Trending upward. Ceiling almost 2000' becoming more defined. Visibility 10 miles, the Alatna Hills are clearly visible, fog is lifting, sky is brightening. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 1500' in rain fog, visibility 5 miles with dense fog obscuring the Alatna Hills. Current conditions is trending up, ceiling is lifting and becoming more defined, rain has stopped. Slight southeast wind.

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.3, temperature 34 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility will be unlimited as soon as the morning fog burns off of Iniakuk Lake. Slight north wind.

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 2000' broken. Visibility 10 miles with patches of fog in low lying areas. Slight southwest wind.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Current conditions: Trending down. Ceiling rapidly becoming very low and undefined with rain fog. Visibility 4 miles and soon to be 3 miles or less. It's raining. Southeast wind at 7 knots, gusting to 13.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 2000' in rain fog, visibility 10 miles with patches of fog in low lying areas. It rained and blew hard all night. Southeast wind at 7 knots, gusting to 18. Current conditions are trending up.

Monday, August 12, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 40 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Calm wind.

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. North wind at 2 knots.

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 6 knots, gusting to 10.

Friday, August 09, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles with patches of morning fog in low lying areas. Slight north wind.

Thursday, August 08, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.3, temperature 48 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Wind calm.

Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.3, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 3 knots.

Tuesday, August 06, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 42 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind.

Monday, August 05, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.2, temperature 38 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility would be 10 miles but morning fog is steadily rising over Iniakuk Lake. This should start to burn off when then sun comes up. Slight north wind.

Sunday, August 04, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 45 degrees. Ceiling unlimited with patches of morning fog, visibility 10 miles. North wind at 3 knots.

Saturday, August 03, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 1000' undefined rain fog, visibility 5 miles. Rain fog is obscuring the Alatna Hills. It rained and blew all night and is raining now. South wind at 13 knots, gusting to 17.

Friday, August 02, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 43 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.

Thursday, August 01, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 48 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles with patches of morning fog over the Alatna Hills. Southeast winds at 7 knots, gusting to 10.

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Update: Current weather trend: Deteriorating. Ceiling is obscured and undefined in rain fog. Visibility 3 miles and closing. Southeast wind at 3 knots.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 55 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles with light smoke over the Alatna Hills. Southeast winds at 3 knots.

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.97, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.

Monday, July 29, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.97, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind.

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.94, temperature 55 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. It's raining. North wind at 5 knots, gusting to 8.

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 5000' broken, visibility 10 miles. Southeast wind at five knots.

Friday, July 26, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility scant 10 miles with dense wildfire smoke over the Alatna Hills. NOAA is calling for a dense smoke advisory until 6:00P. North wind at 3 knots.

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling 1000' in rain fog and wildfire smoke, visibility a scant 10 miles with dense wildfire smoke over the Alatna Hills. Visibility varies from 3 miles to 10. There is a fire south of the Malemute Fork, east of the Alatna River. We called it in and a helicopter came out to assess.

Southeast wind at 15 knots.

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.9, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Calm wind.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.1, temperature 49 degrees. Ceiling and visibility are zero due to dense morning ground fog which will burn off later to reveal a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Slight north wind.

Monday, July 22, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 57 degrees. Ceiling 2500' with patches of fog, visibility 10 miles. Calm wind.

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.91, temperature 57 degrees. Ceiling 1500' in rain fog, visibility 10 miles. Southeast wind at 10 knots, gusting to 18.

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.91, temperature 59 degrees. Ceiling 1500' in rain fog, visibility 7 miles in rain fog and wildfire smoke. Southeast wind at 12 knots, gusting to 16.

Friday, July 19, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.91, temperature 53 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 10 miles with dense wildfire smoke laying over the Alatna Hills. Visibility is much improved from yesterday. Slight north wind.

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.94, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling unlimited with smoke haze, visibility 5 miles. The Alatna Hills are blotted out by wildfire smoke. Slight north wind.

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.87, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling unlimited with smokey haze, visibility 10 miles with dense wildfire smoke in the Alatna Hills. North wind at 2 knots.

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.91, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles with dense wildfire smoke over the Alatna Hills. Slight north wind.

Monday, July 15, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.94, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling slight overcast at 6000', visibility 10 miles. Dense wildfire smoke over the Alatna Hills. Calm wind.

Yesterday an epic T-storm passed through Iniakuk River with cracking thunder followed by crushing hail and then rain. The storm then circled around and came back by the Alatna River. Brooks Range weather is amazing.

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.97, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast combined with wildfire smoke. Visibility 8 miles, dense smoke over the Alatna Hills. Slight north wind.

Saturday, July 13, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.91, temperature 56 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 5 miles with dense wildfire smoke over the Alatna Hills. Slight north wind.

Friday, July 12, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.68, temperature 61 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 5 miles with dense smoke blotting out the Alatna Hills. Calm wind.

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.62, temperature 67 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles. The north wind is currently 10 knots, gusting to 18.

Yesterday we reached a record high of 92.

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.68, temperature 69 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles and constantly changing due to dense wildfire smoke. North wind at 7 knots.


Tuesday, July 09, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.85, temperature 56 degrees. Unlimited ceiling and visibility. Wildfire smoke hovers over the Alatna Hills. Calm wind.

Monday, July 08, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.94, temperature 65 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. North wind 9 knots gusting to 13.

Yesterday the temperature record was 87 degrees. HOT.

Sunday, July 07, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.39, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight wildfire smoke. South wind at 3 knots.

Saturday, July 06, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.53, temperature 57 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. North wind at 7 knots.

Friday, July 05, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.53, temperature 50 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

Thursday, July 04, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.42, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles with a few clouds over the Alatna Hills. Slight north wind.

Happy 4th of July!

Wednesday, July 03, 2019

Update: Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Conditions are deteriorating. The east and west ridge is shrouded in rain fog. The ceiling is down to the ground, visibility 3 miles. Southwest wind at 10 knots, it's raining.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.18, temperature 57 degrees. Ceiling 2000' obscured in rain fog and wildfire smoke. Visibility 5 miles. I cannot see the Alatna hills, it's been raining and blowing hard all night. Southwest wind at 11 knots, gusting to 25.

Tuesday, July 02, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.42, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. No wildfire smoke. West wind at 2 knots.

Monday, July 01, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.42, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling 6000' broken, visibility 10 miles. Slight west wind.

Strong south winds in the night topped out at 21 knots. There is hardly any smoke.

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.91, temperature 55 degrees. Ceiling unlimited, visibility 10 miles in fairly dense wildfire smoke. Slight south wind.

Saturday, June 29, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.91, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight wildfire haze. Calm wind.

Yesterday, the late-afternoon temperature was 120 degrees!

Friday, June 28, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.91, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles. Calm wind.

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.92, temperature 62 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast with light rain and wildfire smoke. Visibility 10 miles. South wind at 3 knots.

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.03, temperature 47 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.91, temperature 53 degrees. Ceiling 6000' scattered, visibility 10 miles. North wind 6 knots, gusting to 20.

Monday, June 24, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.03, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling overcast at 6000', visibility 10 miles. Slight north wind.

Sunday, June 23, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.06, temperature 52 degrees. Ceiling slight overcast at 6000', visibility 10 miles with light smokey haze. Calm wind. The temps have been in the 80's here.

Saturday, June 22, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.94, temperature 54 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. There is a slight haze of wildfire smoke. Calm wind.

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.36, temperature 49 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Barometer 30.24, temperature 47 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Calm wind.

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.09, temperature 46 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. North wind at 3 knots.

Monday, June 17, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.8, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Rain squalls passing through. North wind at 10 knots.

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.09, temperature 44 degrees. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Slight north wind. We experience the usual Hughesnet Satellite Internet issues, so if there is no weather post it's because we have no internet.

Friday, June 14, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 47 degrees. Ceiling slight overcast at 6000'. Visibility 10 miles. Calm wind. Hardly any mosquitoes.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.09, temperature 47 degrees. Ceiling 6000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. Winds calm. It is wonderful to be here.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.94 (we now have a digital weather station), temperature 56 degrees. High overcast at 6000'. Visibility 10 miles. North wind at 5 knots.

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 29.74, temperature 51 degrees. High, patchy overcast but looks like a beautiful day ahead. North wind at 5 knots.


Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Iniakuk Lake Wilderness Lodge Summer 2019

The Iniakuk Crew and about 3500 pounds of freight are scheduled into Iniakuk Lake on Friday, June 7. We just need good weather and no ice on the lake to make that happen.

2019 will be our 45th season - can barely wait! See you on the beach!