...One way, according to meteorologists, is sending a hurricane...is used in real-time by meteorologists to improve and extend forecasts...Jack Parrish, a flight meteorologist and NOAA manager for the...special code understood by meteorologists. The instruments cost about...
...leave the Sound - is common, more so than in the western Gulf of Alaska where the Shell rig ran into trouble. That's why meteorologists nicknamed the northeast Gulf of Alaska "Coffin Corner".It's also why loaded oil tankers are not allowed to pass through...
...northern cousin the Arctic Oscillation - are mostly to blame, meteorologists say. Global warming could also be a factor because it is...the latest Anchorage snow date on record, according to meteorologist Dave Stricklan with the National Weather Service. Strickland...
...salmon fishing. "No Mother Nature doesn't have a sexual bias, she has a fear of Purcell!" joked KTUU Channel 2's meteorologist Jackie Purcell. Purcell has been the ladies only events emcee since its inaugural year which has seen beautiful autumn...
...residents can expect anything from heavy snowfall to bone-chilling cold to rain. Despite its quirky nature, however, meteorologists using sophisticated computer models do their best to give long-term outlooks that take into account past weather data...
...disco mirror ball. I've lived in Alaska 45 years, and I've never seen anything quite like it. I've seen what meteorologists call "diamond dust" many times. The National Snow and Ice Data Center defines Diamond dust as: "A type of precipitation...
...said. According to Sam Albanese, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Anchorage, said this...nothing," he said. And that goes the same for armchair meteorologists that may try to predict the winter based on the summer's...
...Bob Bird said Monday during the Oilers radio broadcast. "I'm scared of my shadow. I haven't seen it in 10 days." Meteorologists have fronts and high-pressure systems to explain the weather, but the Oilers factor works just as good. When the team's...
...Camp Springs, Md., said Alaska?s winters have been running warm lately. The planet currently is not experiencing what meteorologists call ?strong climate-forcing signals? like an El Nino or La Nina, conditions that affect the temperature of ocean...
...followed our first snow of the year brought havoc to the Peninsula in the form of rolling blackouts and slick roads. As one meteorologist put it -- "We're in it. Welcome to winter." If the recent storm caused you to realize you're missing a piece in...
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