Archive for August 11th, 2017

Alaska’s Brooks Range and North Slope prepare for first significant snow

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Alaska’s Brooks Range and North Slope prepare for first significant snow

Snow is not uncommon during the month of August in Alaska’s high elevations and this weekend looks to see the first significant snowfall over primarily the North slope and Brooks range in the north of the state. A low is currently developing along the tail of a southbound cold front and this opens the door […]

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Strong Atlantic jet contains line of lows with sights on the UK through the next 10 days

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Strong Atlantic jet contains line of lows with sights on the UK through the next 10 days

As we head into the weekend we catch a break from the wet and windy but I’m afraid it’s once again temporary. Temporary because our rather strong zonal jet stream contains a line of lows queuing up over the Atlantic with the UK in their sights. The current North Atlantic SSTA profile and sharp warm-cool-warm […]

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