Rick Thoman
ACCAP climate specialist-
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about this week's Mukluk Fire in Tok and its similarities to another devastating late season blaze in the Susitna Valley back in 2019.
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Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about our unusually warm and dry August weather.
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Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska's slow wildfire season, and how some other regions of the far north are experiencing much more active conditions.
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Dan Bross talks to Rick Thoman about a forecast El Nino that could be the strongest in the last century, with the warmest waters, relative to normal, in the Eastern Pacific.
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Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska's cool first half of 2026.
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Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about the extreme climate of the Yukon Flats.
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Dan Bross talks to Rick Thoman about a recent funnel cloud, or possibly tornado, sighting in the Interior and the relative rarity of the occurrence in Alaska.
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Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska's generally slow wildfire activity in June.
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Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska thunderstorms and how they're different from the cumulonimbus clouds that form in the Lower 48.
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Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Summer Solstice and how this time of year's solar heating and moisture provide prime conditions for thunderstorms.