Meade River at Atqasuk
1.9 mi- Level
- 7.5 ft
Reading from Sat 6:10 AM · NWS gauge page
1 active weather alert
High Surf Advisory
Ends in 2 days 2 h
- When
- Until 10 AM AKDT Monday.
- Where
- Northwest Arctic Coast and Northern Arctic Coast.
Issued for this forecast zone · National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
What, impacts and precautionsHide details
What
Large breaking waves of 2 to 3 feet above the normal high tide line near Utqiagvik and 2.5 to 4 feet above the normal high tide line near Wainwright.
Impacts
Localized beach erosion may occur.
Additional details
South to southwest winds will continue to gust up to 40 mph through the weekend. Strong winds continue into early next week
Precautionary actions
Precautions should be taken to protect property.
Areas: Northwest Arctic Coast; Northern Arctic Coast
See it on weather.gov (opens in a new tab)
Observed 7:35 AM AKDT at PATQ
Atqasuk, AK weather
Windy and 36°2°.
Today: low 31°−1°, high 36°2°.
Now 36°2°
Windy · Feels like 22°−6°
- Feels like
- 22°−6°
- Wind chill from 35 mph56 km/h wind · air 36°2°
- Wind (notable)
- 35 mph56 km/h
- From the south. Easing to 20 mph32 km/h by 8 AM
- Dew point
- 30°−1°
- Dry, static shocks likely
Next 48 hours
5°3° warmer than this time yesterday (30°−1° then, 35°2° now)
Good hours for
This morningNear 34°1°
This afternoonNear 34°1°
TonightNear 33°1° · freezing, low 31°−1°
Tomorrow morningNear 32°0° · freezing, low 31°−1°
Tomorrow afternoonNear 34°1°
Tomorrow nightNear 33°1° · rain chance 20% · freezing, low 31°−1°
| Hour | Conditions | Temperature | Feels like | Precipitation | Wind | Humidity | Cloud cover | UV index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 7a | Heavy snow | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 85% | — | 0 |
| Sat 8a | Heavy snow | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 87% | — | 0 |
| Sat 9a | Heavy snow | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 89% | — | 0 |
| Sat 10a | Partly sunny | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 90% | — | 0 |
| Sat 11a | Partly sunny | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 91% | — | 0 |
| Sat 12p | Partly sunny | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 91% | — | 0 |
| Sat 1p | Mostly sunny | 35°2° (likely 35°2° to 35°2°) | 24°−4° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 90% | — | 0 |
| Sat 2p | Mostly sunny | 36°2° (likely 36°2° to 36°2°) | 25°−4° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 91% | — | 0 |
| Sat 3p | Mostly sunny | 35°2° (likely 35°2° to 35°2°) | 24°−4° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 90% | — | 0 |
| Sat 4p | Partly sunny | 35°2° (likely 35°2° to 35°2°) | 24°−4° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 90% | — | — |
| Sat 5p | Partly sunny | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 91% | — | — |
| Sat 6p | Partly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 91% | — | — |
| Sat 7p | Partly cloudy | 31°−1° (likely 31°−1° to 31°−1°) | 19°−7° | 5% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 93% | — | — |
| Sat 8p | Partly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 20°−7° | 5% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 92% | — | — |
| Sat 9p | Partly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 21°−6° | 5% | 20 mph32 km/h from S | 92% | — | — |
| Sat 10p | Mostly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 21°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 92% | — | — |
| Sat 11p | Mostly cloudy | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 93% | — | — |
| Sun 12a | Mostly cloudy | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 24°−4° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 93% | — | — |
| Sun 1a | Partly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 94% | — | — |
| Sun 2a | Partly cloudy | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 24°−4° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 93% | — | — |
| Sun 3a | Partly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 94% | — | — |
| Sun 4a | Mostly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 92% | — | — |
| Sun 5a | Mostly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 21°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 95% | — | — |
| Sun 6a | Mostly cloudy | 31°−1° (likely 31°−1° to 31°−1°) | 20°−7° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 95% | — | — |
| Sun 7a | Mostly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 21°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 92% | — | — |
| Sun 8a | Mostly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 95% | — | — |
| Sun 9a | Mostly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 95% | — | — |
| Sun 10a | Mostly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 97% | — | — |
| Sun 11a | Mostly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 96% | — | — |
| Sun 12p | Mostly cloudy | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 95% | — | — |
| Sun 1p | Mostly cloudy | 35°2° (likely 35°2° to 35°2°) | 25°−4° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 92% | — | — |
| Sun 2p | Mostly cloudy | 36°2° (likely 36°2° to 36°2°) | 26°−3° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 92% | — | — |
| Sun 3p | Mostly cloudy | 35°2° (likely 35°2° to 35°2°) | 25°−4° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 89% | — | — |
| Sun 4p | Mostly cloudy | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 24°−4° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 88% | — | — |
| Sun 5p | Mostly cloudy | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 24°−4° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 88% | — | — |
| Sun 6p | Mostly cloudy | 34°1° (likely 34°1° to 34°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 89% | — | — |
| Sun 7p | Mostly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 23°−5° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 90% | — | — |
| Sun 8p | Mostly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 90% | — | — |
| Sun 9p | Mostly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 89% | — | — |
| Sun 10p | Mostly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 89% | — | — |
| Sun 11p | Mostly cloudy | 33°1° (likely 33°1° to 33°1°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 89% | — | — |
| Mon 12a | Mostly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 21°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 90% | — | — |
| Mon 1a | Partly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 22°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 90% | — | — |
| Mon 2a | Partly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 21°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 90% | — | — |
| Mon 3a | Partly cloudy | 32°0° (likely 32°0° to 32°0°) | 21°−6° | 0% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 91% | — | — |
| Mon 4a | Snow | 31°−1° (likely 31°−1° to 31°−1°) | 22°−6° | 20% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 91% | — | — |
| Mon 5a | Snow | 31°−1° (likely 31°−1° to 31°−1°) | 21°−6° | 20% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 91% | — | — |
| Mon 6a | Snow | 31°−1° (likely 31°−1° to 31°−1°) | 21°−6° | 20% | 15 mph24 km/h from S | 91% | — | — |
Days ahead
Tap a day for its hours and the official wording.
Today, Oct 24. Partly sunny. High 36°2°, low 31°−1°. Dry. One forecast only.
Morning
6 AM–noon
Heavy snow, 34°1°Dry
Afternoon
noon–6 PM
Mostly sunny, 36°2°Dry
Evening
6 PM–midnight
Partly cloudy, 32°0°Dry
Overnight
midnight–6 AM
Partly cloudy, 32°0°Dry
Official NWS forecast
Today: Areas of blowing snow before 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. South wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. South wind 15 to 20 mph.
One forecast onlyOnly one forecast covers this day, so there is nothing to compare against.
- High, likely
- 36°2°
- Low, likely
- 31°−1°
- Wind
- 20 mph32 km/h
Tomorrow, Oct 25. Mostly cloudy. High 36°2°, low 28°−2°. Dry. One forecast only.
Morning
6 AM–noon
Mostly cloudy, 33°1°Dry
Afternoon
noon–6 PM
Mostly cloudy, 36°2°Dry
Evening
6 PM–midnight
Mostly cloudy, 33°1°Dry
Overnight
midnight–6 AM
Snow, 31°−1°20% chance
Official NWS forecast
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 36. South wind around 15 mph.
Night: A slight chance of snow after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
One forecast onlyOnly one forecast covers this day, so there is nothing to compare against.
- High, likely
- 36°2°
- Low, likely
- 28°−2°
- Wind
- 15 mph24 km/h
Monday, Oct 26. Snow. High 33°1°, low 27°−3°. Snow, 20% chance. One forecast only.
Official NWS forecast
Day: A slight chance of snow before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A chance of rain and snow after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
One forecast onlyOnly one forecast covers this day, so there is nothing to compare against.
- High, likely
- 33°1°
- Low, likely
- 27°−3°
- Wind
- 15 mph24 km/h
Tuesday, Oct 27. Snow. High 36°2°, low 28°−2°. Snow, 40% chance. One forecast only.
Official NWS forecast
Day: A chance of rain and snow before 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36.
Night: A slight chance of snow after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 28.
One forecast onlyOnly one forecast covers this day, so there is nothing to compare against.
- High, likely
- 36°2°
- Low, likely
- 28°−2°
- Wind
- 25 mph40 km/h
Wednesday, Oct 28. Snow. High 34°1°, low 24°−4°. Snow, 50% chance. One forecast only.
Official NWS forecast
Day: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 34. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.
Night: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 24. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.
One forecast onlyOnly one forecast covers this day, so there is nothing to compare against.
- High, likely
- 34°1°
- Low, likely
- 24°−4°
- Wind
- 15 mph24 km/h
Thursday, Oct 29. Snow. High 30°−1°, low 18°−8°. Snow, 30% chance. One forecast only.
Official NWS forecast
Day: A chance of snow before 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 30.
Night: Cloudy, with a low around 18.
One forecast onlyOnly one forecast covers this day, so there is nothing to compare against.
- High, likely
- 30°−1°
- Low, likely
- 18°−8°
- Wind
- 15 mph24 km/h
Friday, Oct 30. Cloudy. High 26°−3°, low 17°−8°. Dry. One forecast only.
Official NWS forecast
Day: Cloudy, with a high near 26.
Night: Cloudy, with a low around 17.
One forecast onlyOnly one forecast covers this day, so there is nothing to compare against.
- High, likely
- 26°−3°
- Low, likely
- 17°−8°
- Wind
- 10 mph16 km/h
The outlook
Today
Dry, high 36°, low 31°.
Tomorrow
Dry, high 36°, low 28°.
Monday
Dry, high 33°, low 27°, cooling off.
Rest of week
Highs 26–36°; chance of precipitation on Wednesday.
Want the meteorologists’ reasoning? Read the NWS forecast discussion (AFG) (opens in a new tab)
What changed since yesterday
No meaningful changes from yesterday’s forecast.
Radar
Radar data: NOAA MRMS, rendered by forecast.blue
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Rivers
NOAA river gauges within 25 mi
Sun & moon
Sun
Sunrise 10:27 AM, sunset 5:57 PM.
- Daylight
- 7 h 30 min
- Losing 9 min 46 s a day; shortest Dec 21, 7 h 30 min less
- Golden hour
- 3:45–6:41 PM
- Morning 9:43 AM–12:40 PM
- Blue hour
- 6:41–7:07 PM
- Morning 9:17–9:43 AM; first light 9:17 AM
Stars tonight? Unknown
Cloud forecast not available for tonight.
Moon
Waxing gibbous
97% lit · growing
- Today
- sets 8:24 AM · rises 5:12 PM
- Full moon
- Oct 25
- New moon
- Nov 8
