Kotzebue, Alaska

Current Conditions

 
Temp: -17°
Dew Point: -20°
Humidity: 84%
Wind: East 9 mph
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Pressure: 29.64 in. -
Sky: Overcast
Wind Chill: -36°

 

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Almanac

Average High: 11°

Average Low:

Record high/year: 38° (1949)

Record low/year: -28° (2008)

Sunrise: 11:13 AM

Sunset: 3:53 PM

Detailed History

Sun and Moon

Sunrise: 11:13 AM (AKST)

Moon Rise: 03:39 PM (AKST) 11 21

Sunset: 03:53 PM (AKST)

Moon Set: 08:15 PM (AKST) 11 21

Moon Phase

Today
Nov. 24
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Dec. 16

 

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Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database


5-Day Forecast

Sunday Partly Cloudy Hi -6° Lo -10° Partly Cloudy
Monday Partly Cloudy Hi 3° Lo -4° Partly Cloudy
Tuesday Clear Hi 5° Lo -1° Clear
Wednesday Chance of Snow Hi 10° Lo 6° Chance of Snow
Thursday Partly Cloudy Hi 13° Lo 9° Partly Cloudy

 

Forecast for Baldwin Peninsula and Selawik Valley

Updated: 3:06 PM AKST on November 21, 2009

Tonight

Partly cloudy. Lows around 20 below on the Baldwin Peninsula with east winds 10 to 20 mph. Lows around 35 below in the Selawik valley with light winds.

 

Sunday

Partly cloudy. Highs 5 to 15 below. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

 

Sunday Night

Increasing clouds. Lows 10 to 20 below. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

 

Monday

Mostly cloudy. Highs around zero. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

 

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy. Lows around 5 below. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

 

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Highs near 10 above.

 

Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Lows near 5 above.

 

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Highs near 10 above.

 

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy. Lows near zero.

 

Thanksgiving Day

Mostly cloudy. Highs near 10 above.

 

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Lows near 5 above.

 

Friday

Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Highs near 10 above.

 

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Lows near 5 above.

 

Saturday

Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Highs near 10 above.

 

 

Probability of Precipitation

Place Tonight Sunday Sunday Night Monday
Kotzebue -22°F 0% -8°F 0% -12°F 0% 1°F 0%

  = Probability of Precipitation

 Record Report  Statement as of 11:24 am AKST on November 21, 2009


... New record low this morning for Bettles...

For the fifth day in a row Bettles has set a new record low
temperature 47 below zero so far today. The previous low was
45 below zero set in 1994.



 Public Information Statement  Statement as of 11:43 am AKST on November 21, 2009


... Cold temperatures once again in the interior...

Cold temperatures recorded across the interior overnight
were mainly 30s and 40s with only one new record.

Bettles... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .- 47 *new record
Fort Yukon... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .- 44
Huslia... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..- 44
Ruby 14ne (coop site)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..- 44
Kivalina... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... - 40
Galena Airport... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... - 39
Tanana Airport... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... - 39
McGrath Airport... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..- 38
Chicken (coop site)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .- 38
Galena (kiyu coop site)... ... ... ... ... ... ... - 37
Arctic Village... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... - 36
Nenana Airport... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... - 36
North Pole (kjnp coop site)... ... ... ... ... ..- 36
Ester 5ne (goldstream coop site)... ... ... ... - 35
Eielson AFB... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... - 34
Fairbanks Airport... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... - 34

* Bettles has 5 new record lows in a row.





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NWS Forecaster Discussion




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Northern Alaska forecast discussion 
National Weather Service Fairbanks Alaska 
247 PM akst Sat Nov 21 2009 


Discussion... 
pattern change well underway as closed low aloft presently SW of 
Barrow drifts shears apart..with some energy moving north and some 
SW into the Bering Sea. Short wave ridge builds from Southeast Alaska 
nwwd into interior. By midweek...close low aloft anchored in the 
southeast Bering Sea. 


Numerical guidance in good agreement in the short term...though by 
Tuesday afternoon significant differences developing in Gulf of 
Alaska. For northern Alaska Middle-Range guidance broadly in 
agreement...though details differ. Basically...low height ridging 
aloft over most of the County Warning Area should be relatively quiet early winter 
weather. 


North Slope...winds remaining light. Areas of low clouds will 
modulate temperatures...though western zones remaining cool. A weak Chinook pipeline 
eastward by Tuesday. 


West Coast...mositure spreading northward into southeastern zones next 
24 hours wiith at least some snow sun into Sun night. Some 
increase in winds Seward Peninsula southward but no problems expected. 
Temperatures too warm for wind chill advisories. 


Interior...airmass moderating from southeast to northwest though in eastern zones 
some valleys will remain chilly for lack of clouds/mixing. Some 
increase in pressure gradient...especially Sunday. However...air mass aloft 
warming enough that no wind chill problems expected. 


Coastal hazard potential days 3 and 4...none 


&& 


Afg watches/warnings/advisories... 
heavy freezing spray warning for pkz210-pkz220-pkz225. 


Small Craft Advisory for pkz210. 
&& 


$$ 


Rt Nov 09 
















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