The Latest Forecasts, Rain or Shine...
Daily life in Western Alaska is shaped by the weather like few places on Earth; KNOM strives to keep its listeners informed with the most recent information from the National Weather Service.
Regional Weather
Regional weather forecasts air 2 minutes after nearly every hour, immediately after ABC News (except during news hours, when regional weather airs after the newscast).
Weather forecasts are always organized into 8 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, Kivalina, and Espenberg
- 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.
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, and listen especially for any special actions or precautions that the National Weather Service may recommend (such as to seek higher ground or to secure boats in the event of flooding or high seas).
Marine Weather
KNOM also features daily marine weather forecasts, which cover weather conditions for the seas and sea coasts of Western Alaska. The marine weather is recorded directly from the National Weather Service office in Nome. The Nome office records marine weather every day at 4am and 4pm, and it airs on KNOM at these times:
Monday through Friday:
- 9am & 12noon (approximately 10 minutes after the hour – in between KNOM Update News and the regional weather forecast)
- 6:02pm (immediately after ABC News)
Saturday and Sunday:
- 9:02am (immediately after ABC News)
- 12noon (approximately 10 minutes after the hour – in between KNOM Weekend Update and the regional weather forecast)
- 6:02pm (immediately after ABC News)
