A possible funnel cloud was observed at Denali Park. It was photographed about 2 miles east of East Fork cabin from the Park road.
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A possible funnel cloud was observed at Denali Park. It was photographed about 2 miles east of East Fork cabin from the Park road.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 5:31 AM AKST, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 631 AM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... A LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE CHUKCHI AND BERING SEAS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TO EXTEND FROM THE CENTRAL ARCTIC COAST TO THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT...THEN WEAKENING AS IT MOVES TO THE ALCAN BORDER BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BE PREDOMINANT OVER NORTHERN ALASKA FOR MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK AFTER THE LONG WAVE TROUGH EXITS TO THE EAST. SURFACE... A 1000 MB LOW CENTERED ABOUT 150 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF POINT LAY WILL MOVE TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF POINT LAY BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN DISSIPATE NORTH OF BARROW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A NEW 1000 MB LOW DEVELOPS 400 MILES NORTH OF BARROW. A 1000 MB LOW 250 MILES NORTH OF ADAK WILL DEEPEN TO A 997 MB LOW NEAR BETHEL BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN DEEPEN TO A 995 MB LOW NEAR BETTLES BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEASTERN INTERIOR AND EASTERN BROOKS RANGE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN OLD WEATHER FRONT EXTENDS FROM JUST EAST OF BARROW TO CAPE DARBY. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD AND WEAKEN THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN OR SHOWERS ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONT TODAY WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT. RAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR AND THE WEST COAST SOUTH OF NORTON SOUND LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR SATURDAY EVENING AS THE INCOMING SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO KUSKOKWIM BAY. RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...AND INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BROOKS RANGE BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 48-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BE AS MUCH AS 1 INCH OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTERIOR...AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BROOKS RANGE AND ARCTIC SLOPE. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH AREA ALSO EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE ALASKA RANGE...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND NEAR THE ALCAN BORDER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WETTING RAINS LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTERIOR...CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARCTIC SLOPE AND BROOKS RANGE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CAUSE GENERAL RISES ON MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY FOR AKZ216-AKZ219-AKZ221. && RF AUG 15
The Fairbanks Faa radar (PAPD), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A possible funnel cloud was photographed around 1130AKST.
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