Wasatch Mountains near Payson, Utah are snow-free about a month earlier than normal.
The trout we were gorging on them and the mergansers looked like they had eaten their fill.
We have over two weeks of cold windy weather. It started in mid April around the time of the big wind storm. And in relation of the wind storm on April 24th, Rick Thoman wrote: "Winds this strong in the Anchorage are rare at this time of year. An unusually strong storm for the season in the southeastern Bering Sea produced southeast strong winds blowing across the Chugach Mountains. However, being April, the temperature profile of the atmosphere close to the ground was more conducive than in winter for allowing the very strong winds aloft to reach down to the ground.
Passenger experiences usually turbulent conditions on winter flights.
Landslides threatened community water supply, transportation, and residential homes.
While taking photos this afternoon of the snow ice on various objects near the Native Village of Unalakleet, which was on the approximate order of 4 minutes and with very little wind (playground, grass, powerlines), my hands were cold due to the "wetness" in the air and the ambient air temperature.
Multiple storms and warm weather in St. Mary's.
Unusually warm temperatures for an extended period this winter has affected the ability to travel because the river isn't freezing over.
Using a hand-held Garmin Montana 650t unit, I took photos of the tideline in three areas.
I documented my tracks using the Garmin unit adjusting the track setting to log about every 5 feet, which was saved as a GPS Exchange (GPX) Format. From there, I imported the information into Google Earth Desktop as a KML track.
The past couple years have been warmer than normal contributing to where the river is still flowing ice and with some of the plants still green.
A strong storm impacting NW Alaska with high winds and sea level rise (over 6 ft) caused localized flooding in Kotzebue.
Near record stretch of foggy days at Ted Stevens International Airport.
This is the second year in a row that people from Chuathbaluk are able to use boats (skiffs) on the Kuskokwim River in November.
More open water on rivers and lakes that add to the near-ground moisture.
Drought, causing low waters in Goodnews River, no blackberries, and early cool weather.
Water levels are 5 feet below normal.
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