National Weather Service

Lightning — and lightning-caused power outages — are rare in Southcentral Alaska.

Some thought they heard snow sliding off a roof. Others imagined a moose at the window.But the thunderous bellows Alaskans heard early Saturday morning…

Over 6,500 Homer Electric Association members lost power this weekend, amid high winds that ripped through Southcentral Alaska.But while weather was the…

Homer and Turnagain Pass will bear the brunt of wintry weather tonight and tomorrow. But Kenai, too, will continue to see blowing snow as the storm rolls…

Cold temperatures this week broke records in parts of the Kenai Peninsula and western Alaska.But they follow what was one of the warmest first weeks of…

A warm and wet weather system could spur flooding in Anchor Point and Seward this weekend.Celine Van Breukelen is a hydrologist with the National Weather…

We’ve all heard the adage — weather is what’s happening now, climate is what happens over time. That is the case in the National Weather Service’s recent…

A heat wave in the Lower 48 cooked shellfish alive on Pacific Northwest beaches and triggered excessive-heat warnings in several states. Climatologists…

Every 10 years, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration analyzes data from its thousands of weather stations and releases new climate“normals,”…

Driving north on Marathon Road past the Kenai Municipal Airport, you might notice what looks like a giant teed-up golf ball way out to the west. That’s…