We are getting close to the middle of the month of June and many residents are jokingly saying “When will summer get here!?”. There are some warmer temperatures likely to show up toward the end of the week.
Alaska is seeing broad low pressure linger through the Aleutians and Gulf of Alaska, and that pattern is keeping the state cloudy with plenty of moisture rotating up and through the state. Anchorage and the Mat-Su valleys catch a weekend break with fewer showers and sunny breaks.
A section of roadway on the Dalton Highway was closed late Wednesday due to a partial washout stemming from ice jam flooding from the nearby Sag River.
The Prudhoe Bay unit owners have agreed to expand the unit to include a lease formerly held exclusively by ConocoPhillips Alaska at Point Storkersen in Gwydyr Bay north of the existing unit, and three adjacent leases. As part of the process, the PBU working interest owners have taken shares in the o.