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Pyrocumulus visible from Fairbanks

The 2024 fire season is underway with numerous active fires in the Interior and western Alaska. Smoke has been affecting air quality in the Fairbanks area in recent weeks and some fires are visible from the UAF Campus. Our panorama camera captured the formation of a flammagenitus cloud, also known ...
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End of snow season 2023/24

Spring has sprung in Alaska and the seasonal snow pack is declining rapidly or already gone in most of the state. The time lapse below ...
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Break up on the Tanana

The tripod on the Tanana river at Nenana fell over on April 27, 2024, at 05:18 am, triggering the clock that ends this year’s Nenana ...
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2023 in review: preliminary data

Update January 2023: Our annual report is available here. As 2023 draws to a close, we are compiling our annual review of weather and climate ...
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New research paper: Ice fog in Fairbanks is becoming less frequent

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be inside an ice cloud? Visit Fairbanks in winter and you may find out! Ice fog ...
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Suicide Basin GLOF causes severe flooding

Flooding of Mendenhall River in Juneau destroyed multiple homes this weekend following a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) from Suicide Basin at Mendenhall glacier. Mendenhall ...
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Nenana Ice Classic

Another data point has been added to one of Alaska’s longest and most unique climatological time series: The tripod on the Tanana river at Nenana ...
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