Bad weather hampered the search for a 39-year-old Alaska snowboarder buried by an avalanche. Alaska State Troopers say Marvin Scott of Ketchikan was caught in an avalanche reported to be 100 yards wide by 1,500 yards long while snowboarding Sunday.
Weather
In Western Alaska, there’s water where there should be ice
Last week, social media across Western Alaska lit up as residents posted photos and videos of open water where, normally, there’s ice.
Weather app a research tool for ‘mesoscale’ meteorology
A weather app called mPing allows the National Weather Service to use realtime information from the public to fine-tune its forecasts. The scientist who invented it is pretty excited. Besides helping make better forecasts, mPing also is a sophisticated research tool.
3 to 5 inches of snow forecasted for Monday; winter weather advisory issued
A winter weather advisory is in effect until noon today. The National Weather Service in Juneau says we can expect about 3 to 5 inches of snow.
Wrangell requests residents limit water usage due to lack of rainfall
The city of Wrangell is asking its citizens to reduce water consumption by 10 to 20 percent. The measure went into effect Friday and will last indefinitely.
Warm air push to blame for lack of snow
The National Weather Service originally forecasted several inches of snow for parts of Southeast Alaska. Meteorologist Edward Liske says what we got — was rain, and a push of southerly warm air is to blame