National Weather Service

07-17-20 Beyond The Weather

By • Jul 17, 2020
Don and Karen Cornelius

KUAC's Dan Bross talks with Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy Climate specialist Rick Thoman about how wet our summer has been and why.


Fairbanks Is Getting Wetter

By • Jul 13, 2020
Don and Karen Cornelius

Climate records indicate the Fairbanks area has shifted wetter over the last 5 years. Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy climate specialist Rick Thoman says the multi-year trend is record breaking.

"We are now at the wettest five-year block in the climate record, for our area.”

Thoman says the statistic is being driven by more extreme rain and snow events.

07-10-20 Beyond The Weather

By • Jul 10, 2020
Scott Duncan

KUAC's Dan Bross talks with Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy Climate specialist Rick Thoman about a hot Arctic, more than 16 degrees Farenhiet above normal.

07-09-20 KUAC MIDDAY UPDATE

By • Jul 9, 2020

07-09-20 12:04 PM newscast


Arctic Sets High Temperature Record

By Dan Bross • Jul 2, 2020
Indian Country Today

KUAC's Dan Bross talks with Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy Climate specialist Rick Thoman about a new high temperature record in the Arctic.


Rain Breaks Records, Fills Rivers

By • Jun 23, 2020
United States Society on Dams

Low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska has been spinning waves of moisture from the east over the Alaska Range into the interior. As of Tuesday Fairbanks had received 2.66 inches of rain so far this month, well above the normal of less than an inch. 


06-05-20 Beyond The Weather

By • Jun 5, 2020

KUAC's Dan Bross talks with Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy Climate specialist Rick Thoman about lightning-caused wildfires.


Lightning Storm Starts Clear Creek Fire

By Robyne • Jun 1, 2020
National Weather Service

Alaska’s wildfire situation heightened over the weekend, as the season’s first major thunderstorms resulted in thousands of lightning strikes. Alaska Fire Service spokesperson Beth Ipsen says there were 1,800 lightning strikes Saturday, and 3,500 Sunday, spanning a large swath of the state

Ipsen says the lightning sparked 20 new wildfires including two blazes in the Unalakleet area, which were fought with smoke jumpers and water scooping planes.  

05-29-20 Beyond The Weather

By • May 29, 2020

KUAC's Dan Bross talks with Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy Climate specialist Rick Thoman about how the Arctic, unlike the Antarctic,  gets ozone from other air masses.


05-22-20 Beyond The Weather

By • May 22, 2020

KUAC's Dan Bross talks with Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy Climate specialist Rick Thoman about how ozone filters radiation from the sun and how humans fixed a pollution problem.


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