Weather

DAILY LIFE IN WESTERN ALASKA is shaped by the weather like few places on Earth. We strive to provide listeners the most recent information available from the National Weather Service.

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Regional Weather

Regional weather forecasts air in the following hours:

  • Weekdays:
    • Daily Weather Update: every hour 12 midnight through 9am, 1pm
    • Evening: 6pm, 9pm
  • Saturday-Sunday:
    • Daily Weather Update: every hour 12 midnight through 9am, 1pm
    • Evening: 5pm, 9pm

Weather Alerts

If the National Weather Service anticipates an exceptional weather condition – such as a blizzard, high winds, or flooding – we’ll tell you all the relevant information in our weather forecasts. Listen for warnings, watches, and advisories.

Near-hurricane-force winds projected for Western Alaska | KNOM Radio Mission
ARCTIC OCEAN – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) is in the ice Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, about 715 miles north of Barrow, Alaska, in the Arctic. The Healy is in the Arctic with a team of about 30 scientists and engineers aboard deploying sensors and autonomous submarines to study stratified ocean dynamics and how environmental factors affect the water below the ice surface for the Office of Naval Research. The Healy, which is homeported in Seattle, is one of two ice breakers in U.S. service and is the only military ship dedicated to conducting research in the Arctic. (NyxoLyno Cangemi/U.S. Coast Guard)

Marine Weather

KNOM also features daily marine weather forecasts, which cover weather conditions for the seas and sea coasts of Western Alaska. It airs on KNOM at these hours:

  • Weekdays:
    • Daily Weather Update: every hour 12 midnight through 9am, 1pm
    • Evening: 6pm, 9pm
  • Saturday-Sunday:
    • Daily Weather Update: every hour 12 midnight through 9am, 1pm
    • Evening: 5pm, 9pm

Sea Ice Forecast

When seasonally appropriate, KNOM also broadcasts information on the coverage area and thickness of ocean and near-shore ice in Western Alaska. These forecasts air immediately after marine weather: in the 9am, 5pm and 9pm hours on weekdays (Monday-Friday) and 5pm and 9pm on weekends (Saturday-Sunday).

Shrinking Sea Ice | KNOM Radio Mission

Weather forecasts are always organized into 9 different regional zones; listen for the zone that corresponds to your village or destination:

The Kuskokwim Delta:

  • Bethel, Hooper Bay, and Nunivak Island

The Yukon Delta:

  • Emmonak, Mountain Village, Alakanuk, Kotlik, Pilot Station, St. Mary’s, Scammon Bay, Nunam Iqua, and Pitkas Point

The Lower Yukon Valley:

  • Marshall, Russian Mission, Holy Cross, Grayling, Shageluk, Anvik, and Flat

St. Lawrence Island and the Bering Strait Coast:

  • Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede

The Chukchi Sea Coast: 

  • Point Hope, Shishmaref, and Espenberg

Kivalina and Red Dog Dock:

  • Kivalina, Red Dog Dock

The Northern and Interior Seward Peninsula: 

  • Buckland, Deering, Candle, Council, Haycock, Pilgrim Springs, Serpentine Hot Springs, and Taylor

The Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills: 

  • Unalakleet, Stebbins, St. Michael, Elim, Koyuk, and Shaktoolik

The Southern Seward Peninsula Coast: 

  • Nome, White Mountain, and Golovin
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