Outside of some passing light snow showers, Western Alaska will retain fairly quiet weather for the next few days as well.

HAARP was built by the US military but is operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The facility transmits radio waves ...

Avalanche danger remains considerable at Turnagain Pass, where this avalanche occurred about 45 minutes south of Anchorage.

Troopers identified the three missing skiers caught in the avalanche as David Linder, Charles Eppard and Jeremy Leif.

The incident marks the first avalanche related deaths in Alaska this winter season.

Thoman said he expects data outages like the weather balloon stations in Western Alaska to happen more often and last longer. Political leaders across the state on both sides of the political ...

High avalanche danger remains above 1,000 feet, with strong winds up to 50 mph and new snow occurring in the mountains. Like many areas across Southcentral, these large avalanches could occur due to a ...

As Staffing Cuts at NWS Lead to Suspended Weather Balloon Launches in Western Alaska, WindBorne Systems Steps Up to Fill Atmospheric Data Gaps Following the announcement from the National Weather ...

Between resignations, firings and paperwork errors, at least 23 of the roughly 200 people in the Weather Service’s Alaska ...

Currently, the U.S. operates about 100 weather balloon sites ... free data for 6 months to the NWS to help fill in the data gap that will now exist in western Alaska. “We are disappointed to learn ...