That one looks to be quite a ways north for one of these fall storms. In 1977 the record "non hurricane" barometric pressure for north america occurred at 27.35" (927 mb) reading at Dutch Harbor, Alaska on Oct. 25, 1977. That one had the crabbers running for their lives, being somewhat earlier, and in those days the crab seasons were really rocking. We had 102 knots sustained in Cold Bay from that one. I spent all day keeping things tied down and that evening I felt like I'd just lost a major title fight with someone really mean.

If there's anything that reminds me of Cold Bay, it's big Bering Sea storms. I wish the folks on the west coast luck on this one....those storm surges can be devastating to those coastal villages.

MTV

Slowhawk, looks like I'm going to be about a week to slow in getting out of here, if I see your airplane go by I'll call and let you know which way it was going
Gump,Coyote Ugly, what can I say but WISH I WAS THERE!!
Got a snow shovel and lots of wood!
My Lady is up for a visit so I can stand a couple of snow days!!
GT

wouldn't want to be in Shaktoolik, Ak during this storm

We camped along a Bristol Bay beach that had a west storm brewing and we only got 40 mph winds. Check out how narrow the beach got during the wee hours in this video at (04:40). The waves pounded all night. We got out of there first thing in the morning.
http://vimeo.com/15412731

I certainly would not want to be near there for this one. I wish everyone the best of luck!

Can you imagine 30 foot seas? Here is the fcst///

THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 55 KT INCREASING TO 65 KT WITH GUSTS TO
75 KT. SEAS 27 FT. RAIN SHOWERS.
.WED...SW WINDS 70 KT WITH GUSTS TO 85 KT DECREASING TO 55 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 29 FT.

Savoonga Airport 18:36 Overcast and Windy NA SE 61 G 76

Just starting up in Kotz and Point Hope...

METAR PAPO 090556Z AUTO 12044G54KT 3SM BKN060 OVC070 M07/M08 A2950 RMK AO1 57037 PNO

Gump

PAOM 090953Z 12035G48KT 1/4SM SN BLSN VV001 M03/M03 A2891 RMK SLP791

We need an update from you Alaskans? Hope everything is tied down and holding!

Well here in beautiful down town Nulato along the frozen banks of the Mighty Yukon, we got about 4-6 inches of snow with a little wind, IFR at the moment with no ceiling, as in can see anything when yo look up and about 1/4 to 1/2 vis, just kind of a I Follow the River day!
GT

Looks like it might be a tough winter out west.
Ran across this on the San Luis Obispo newspaper website:

Forecasters are warning of overnight hard freeze conditions in the high desert Antelope Valley and the interior valleys of the San Luis Obispo and the Cuyama Valley.
The National Weather Service also predicts areas of frost across the Santa Ynez and Ojai valleys late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Southern California is otherwise expected to see warming and offshore winds through Thursday under a ridge of high pressure.
But then a storm system developing in the Pacific may arrive Friday, bringing heavy rain and mountain snowfalls to the region.

I checked and this is not the Arctic storm, it is a low forming well off the Oregon, N. Cal coast.
It's not even mid November yet.

Man! things are getting cold.
(Must be Global warming)

The SoCal cold weather you mention is relative... here in the Van Nuys / Burbank area it got chilly last night, but that's chilly for here in LA... nothing like what other parts of the country are going through with real weather.

Best wishes and safe thoughts for those in the path of the AK storm.

Well, so far the plane is where i left it

Through the night had 40s sustained gusting 60s out of the SE which worked out OK since we are more protected from that direction. winds are now out of the South, which is more problematic for a lot of the villages on the beach, but winds are only gusting 40s now. Lots of debris on front street in Nome, havent heard if the BOT has made it or not. Sounds like Savoonga got clobbered pretty hard, but haven't heard of any injuries. Still supposed to be more storm surge ahead, we'll see how the afternoon goes

Chris

AFTERNOON UPDATE:

With the continued winds and incoming tide Golovin is under water, Shaktoolik is very close and water is coming over the sea-wall in Unalakleet. Most residents have evac'd to higher ground since peak tide is not till approx 2200 AST. Haven't heard much about the other villages in the region since they evac'd eairlier today.

Chris

Yee.... Kotz and Kivalina are slowing down and clearing up. Cape Lisburne is still miserable and blowing over 60. Haven't heard if Kivalina is under water yet.

Gump

North West View
South East View

I read on Twitter today reports of between 15-24" of rime accretion per hour.

Wow... When did they get cameras up in Kivalina?

Gump