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AlaskaWx

@AlaskaWx@alaskan.social

Climate specialist with ACCAP/IARC at UAF, highlighting Alaska climate, environment & Indigenous cultures. Opinions are my own. I've been fascinated by #Arctic & #boreal #weather, #climate and #cultures for more than 50 years. I've worked as a weather & climate professional in private, public & academic spheres. I've been fortunate to live most of my life in Lower Tanana #Dene country near Fairbanks, #Alaska. Also, I have a big interest in Alaska Indigenous languages.

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AlaskaWx, to worldwithoutus
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Sea ice extent as of March 30 in the Bering Sea is almost exactly at the 1991-2020 median and 30 percent higher than the end of March last year in NSIDC data. Ice loss in Kuskokwim and Bristol Bays has been notable in the past week, while in the central Bering Sea, the ice edge has been pushed south a bit by moderate north winds.
@Climatologist49 @ZLabe

AlaskaWx, to Weather
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Alaska and vicinity low temperaturesThursday night/Friday morning. Still mostly above normal for this time of year.

AlaskaWx, to Weather
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Low temperatures in and around Alaska Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Continued mild in the east, but chilly in parts of northwest Alaska. Buckland low of -11F (-23.9C) look to be the lowest reported community low temperature in Alaska.

AlaskaWx, to worldwithoutus
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Being Sea 2024 maximum sea ice extent has been reached in NSIDC data. The max extent almost exactly the same as last year but occurred a month later. The max extent was about 14 percent below the 1991-2020 average and was the latest since 2016.
@Climatologist49 @ZLabe

AlaskaWx, to random
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Fairbanks Airport March 21-25 average high temperature was 48.0F(8.9C). That makes this the third warmest 5 days this early in the season in the past century. The only milder 5-days were in 2019 (49.4F, 9.7C March 21-25) and 1998 (49.0C, 9.4C March 20-24). The 1991-2010 normal high temperature for this time is 28.2F (-2.1C). @Climatologist49 @CarrieinFbx @leahwrenn @anisian @mivox

AlaskaWx, to Weather
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Low temperatures Sunday night/Monday morning in and around Alaska.

AlaskaWx,
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@ai6yr Most areas except the far west temperatures are well above normal. 1991-2020 normal lows for March 25:
Utqiaġvik: -16F
Nome: +3F
Fairbanks: +2F
Anchorage: 21F
Kodiak: 28F
Juneau: 28F

leahwrenn, to random Spanish
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So @AlaskaWx are we just going to segue directly into breakup? It’s feeling like everything’s melting awfully fast…but it’s still really early!

AlaskaWx,
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@leahwrenn The fear is we get partway through break-up and then next week it gets cold again, so lots of treacherous ice underfoot. There is significant model agreement on just that scenario for early next week. Currently in the models it's a short lived cold then moderates back toward normal, but…

AlaskaWx, to Alaska
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AlaskaWx, to Alaska
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Alaskans of a certain age will recall where they were 35 years ago today. Never forget.

@ANC_Historian @CarrieinFbx

AlaskaWx, to Weather
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Fairbanks Airport up to 50F (10.0C) late Friday afternoon. Mildest day since September 30th and the first time it's reached 50F in March since 2019. @CarrieinFbx @anisian @tania @mivox @leahwrenn @debmcqueen @Climatologist49

AlaskaWx,
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@leahwrenn @CarrieinFbx @anisian @tania @mivox @debmcqueen @Climatologist49 I was behind a person at the PO in shorts and flip-flops. Given the state of most parking lots, flip-flops seemed like a singularly bad idea, but then what do I know.

AlaskaWx, to climate
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Munch on your lunch and catch up with Alaska climate. Noon AKDT today (Friday March 22) on the ACCAP/NWS monthly climate outlook webinar.

https://uaf-accap.org/event/mar2024-nws-climate-outlook/

thor, to random
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Half the English language was already taught to me before I even started learning it. Heavy vocabulary overlap with Norwegian.

AlaskaWx,
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@thor almost as if they are both Germanic languages. 🙂

AlaskaWx, to worldwithoutus
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Updated Winter (December through February) change of the average temperature over the past 50 years in and around the Arctic, data from ERA5 courtesy of ECMWF/Copernicus. The huge increase in average temperature east & southeast of Svalbard is due to sea ice loss. The cooling over central and eastern Siberia isn't large but covers a significant area.
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AlaskaWx, to Alaska
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AlaskaWx, to worldwithoutus
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Bering Sea ice extent is now at or very close to the seasonal maximum in NSIDC data. The pack ice edge is not far northeast of St. Paul Island in Pribilof Islands. However, the cold north wind pattern is ending and sustained south to southeast winds and much milder temperatures will spread over the central Bering Sea early this week, pushing the ice edge back north.
@Climatologist49 @ZLabe

AlaskaWx, to climate
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Ketchikan and Petersburg Saturday both reported a high temperature 56F (13.3C) and both are new records for March 16. Previous Ketchikan record of 55F (12.8C) set in 1966, previous Petersburg record 52F (11.1C) in 1988. Alaska high temp for Saturday will likely be 63F at Klawock.
@seachanger @BogCranAK

seachanger, to random
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what’s a headline from a better timeline you’d love to read?

AlaskaWx,
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@seachanger
"Every Alaska community now has in-home running water"

BakerRL75, to random
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@AlaskaWx Good morning! Deep in box Hades this morning. Hope you’re having a pleasant morning!

AlaskaWx,
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@BakerRL75 Good morning. Will soon be commiserating with you in that particular Hades: yesterday signed a contract to sell our house. 😳

AlaskaWx,
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@ai6yr @BakerRL75 Hopefully not a complete set of musical chairs.

AlaskaWx, to random
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Even if pi day is a fake holiday derived by mathematicians to sell more math, it's still a good day to promote the integration of the humble PA Dutch shoofly pie. But remember, if you don't favor wet bottom, we can't be friends.😉
@leahwrenn @Climatologist49

AlaskaWx, to Alaska
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Aurora was so bright late last evening it woke me up. View from the UAF Poker Flats aurora cam (northeast of Fairbanks) shortly before midnight.
@anisian @CarrieinFbx @mivox @debmcqueen @leepetersen

AlaskaWx, to random
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Dallas Seavey is the first team out of White Mountain in Iditarod 52. It will be a cold run to the finish line on Front Street in Nome, with northeast winds and blowing snow across the Tokpok Hills to Safety. But, as the saying goes, it's been much worse. All but four teams are now to the coast.

SilverSalmonAK, to Alaska
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6:00AM: 44F, cloudy.

We're bracing for that "plume of moisture" that's coming. Our special weather statement extends into NEXT Tuesday.

A week of rain, heavy at times.

Bring it!

AlaskaWx,
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@SilverSalmonAK back in the day, before the phrase “atmospheric rivers” was coined, the jargon term was “moisture plumes”.

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