AlaskaWx

AlaskaWx, 1 day ago to Alaska

Pretty Monday evening in the big town. #Alaska #Anchorage

AlaskaWx, 4 days ago to Weather

Fairbanks Airport up to 71F (21.7C) as of 330pm AKDT Saturday. This is the first 70º day of the year, and is right on time, at least for recent years. The typical "first 70" is about 8 days earlier nowadays than it was in the early 20th century.#akwx #weather #ClimateChange
@Climatologist49 @CarrieinFbx @debmcqueen @leepetersen @leahwrenn @KarenLikesRocks @anisian

AlaskaWx, 4 days ago to worldwithoutus

Climate normals and the Arctic is this week's topic for the Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter. What does "normal" even mean in a rapidly warming environment? Well, that probably depends on your perspective. #Arctic #ClimateChange
@Climatologist49

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/whats-normal-in-a-changing-arctic

AlaskaWx, 4 days ago to worldwithoutus

Arctic 12-month running temperatures as the difference from the 1951-80 average, updated through April 2024. The 10-year smoothed average shows the long term trend, the 2-year average captures some of the short term variability. OISSTv2.1 courtesy of NOAA/PSL/ESRL
ERA5 courtesy of ECMWF/Copernicus. #Arctic #ClimateChange #Climate
@Climatologist49

AlaskaWx, 5 days ago to Alaska

Teltin Hills wildfire burning about 2 miles south of the Alaska Highway in the upper Tanana valley between Tok and Tetlin. Friday afternoon estimated at 280 acres (113ha). #wildfire #Alaska #Spring2024
@CarrieinFbx @anisian @leepetersen @mivox
https://akfireinfo.com/2024/05/17/smoke-from-tetlin-hills-fire-visible-south-of-alaska-highway/

AlaskaWx, 5 days ago to worldwithoutus

A sure sign that contemporary 30-year climate normals are not keeping up with the rate of Arctic change: only one year (2021) since the early 1990s has less than half of land area in the Arctic (north of 60ºN) had annual average temperature above “normal", and eight years more than 90 percent of Arctic Lands were warmer than “normal". In an unchanging climate, this would bounce around 50% each year. #Arctic #ClimateChange
H/T @Climatologist49

AlaskaWx, 6 days ago to Alaska

If you’re in Fairbanks, come by UAF for the Research Open House Thursday evening 4-7pm AKDT. I’ll be staffing a table in the Akasofu Building lobby, so stop by and let’s talk climate! #akwx #UAF #Alaska