The Augustine Volcano 180 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska reawakened at 10:58 A.M. CST Tuesday morning after several comparatively quiet days
Picture Date: January 16, 2006 14:30:0
Image courtesy of the Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey (AVO/USGS).
Image Creator: McGimsey, Game
This spectacular view of Mt. Foraker, situated adjacent to Mount McKinley (Denali) in the Alaska Range, was captured by Tom MacPhail, whose photos we've featured before on our blog. The photo was taken this past weekend. Tom reports temperatures dipped as low as -16° there, a location several hours north of Anchorage. The frigid air's return represents quite a change from the abnormally mild air which has dominated recent weeks across our 49th state. Tom is an aviation forecaster at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Anchorage and is part of a team of meteorologists and other scientists there and at the USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory carefully monitoring the Augustine volcano in Cook Inlet which erupted again for the first time in days this (Tuesday) morning at 10:58 am Chicago time for four minutes. Eight explosions occurred over several days late last week into the weekend, leading to some flight cancellations in the area. Ash advisories were posted for the southern Kenai Peninsula located south of Anchorage. Augustine's status has been upgraded to Code Red, signaling additional eruptions may well be imminent.
