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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 random
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Fairbanks, Alaska high temperature today of -9F (-22.8C) is the second lowest leap day high temperature in the past 116 years. Only February 29, 1956, with a high of -16F (-26.7C), was colder.
@CarrieinFbx @debmcqueen @leepetersen

AlaskaWx, to worldwithoutus
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Do look up: spring is coming. 🌞 Here's a brief look at how the Arctic and Alaska Spring climate has been changing (or not).

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/alaska-and-arctic-spring-climate

@Climatologist49

patrace, to random
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From the newsletter of Rep. Galvin, an opportunity to testify on a proposed state income tax.

I strongly support an income tax and view our current 44 year tax holiday as a huge mistake which has shifted vast sums of resource wealth to a single generation and set the next generations up for difficult times ahead.

AlaskaWx,
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@patrace So a tax of $4000 if you make $200,000 and $20 if you make $199,999? What could go wrong?

AlaskaWx,
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@patrace I’m 100% for an income tax.

AlaskaWx, to worldwithoutus
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Sea ice extent in the Bering Sea remains a bit below the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data There's been only limited variation in the position of the ice edge the past four weeks due to the frequently changeable winds. Maximum ice extent is typically reached in March, so there's still time for expansion, though with significant storm likely in the western Bering Sea later this week, bringing south to southeast winds, the clock is ticking.

@Climatologist49 @ZLabe

AlaskaWx, to random
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I often include Uelen when Wales data is missing. Unfortunately nothing else close to Alaska. There are aviation obs but no climate data from Provideniya. Here's what's available.

AlaskaWx, to linguistics
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Tanacross

gheldzeey "the moon"
ch’aldzeey "moonlight"
gheldzeey neldzeeyh "the moon is shining"
gheldzeey nâa’at-’ąą "waxing moon, first quarter"
gheldzeey k’énéls̲h̲ąą’ "full moon"
gheldzeey na’ít-’ąą "waning moon, last quarter"
gheldzeey kôl "new moon, lit. no moon"

Mid--winter travel in eastern Interior Alaska often took advantage of bright moonlight in the ten days around the full moon.

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AlaskaWx, to random
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High temperatures in and around Alaska on Friday. Nothing unusual, just a bit of weekend noodling to try and find the best mix of data for representativeness, variability and legibility.

AlaskaWx, to random
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The temperature yo-yo in Interior Alaska continues. Here's the Fairbanks Airport 2024 daily temperature departure from average through February 22 plus the forecast from on the of the NWS forecast products (which often under forecasts extremes). Note the vertical scale. @Climatologist49 @anisian @CarrieinFbx @debmcqueen

AlaskaWx, to Alaska
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February average precipitation (melted snow plus rain) 50-year change in and around Alaska. Western Alaska into the central Interior typically sees much more precip nowadays than in Februarys of yesteryear. The slight drying in Southeast Alaska is not (statistically) significant. Data from ERA5 courtesy of ECMWF/Copernicus.
@Climatologist49

AlaskaWx, to random
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Pretty February afternoon at Manokotak (Yupik county, Bristol Bay area). Tuesday 4pm temperature near freezing with a light west wind. Image courtesy FAA.

AlaskaWx, to random
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Alaska heat: Fairbanks Airport Tuesday 1230pm AKST up to 44F (6.7C). This is a new record high temperature for Feb 20, previous record of 41F (5.0C) set in 2008. It’s also the highest February temperature in 20 years. Climate observations in the Fairbanks area since late 1904. @Climatologist49 @CarrieinFbx @anisian @debmcqueen @dboo @mivox

AlaskaWx, to random
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Nerd alert: FWIW…current US Global Forecast Ensemble System has March definitely coming in like a lion over nearly all of Alaska. This morning's NBM has a March 1 low temp for Fairbanks of -31F /-35.0C.

Of course, what it's worth may be very little, though EPS same ballpark. @Climatologist49

AlaskaWx, to Alaska
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AlaskaWx, to climate
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In case you were wondering, why yes, the global average daily temperature is still the highest on record, as it has been almost every day since early July 2023. Graphic courtesy U. Maine's Climate Reanalyzer using ERA5 reanalysis.

CarrieinFbx, to random
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😞Kotzebue

AlaskaWx,
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@mivox @CarrieinFbx Helpful ground truth, because the automated wx station at Kotz airport never reported anytime but snow.

AlaskaWx, to random
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Fairbanks Airport up to 34F as of 1pm AKST, the first time it’s been above freezing since November 9. Can nothing stop this insanity of heat??


@leahwrenn @anisian @CarrieinFbx @dboo @tania @debmcqueen @mivox

AlaskaWx, to Alaska
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AlaskaWx, to worldwithoutus
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Sea ice extent in the Bering Sea has decreased a bit in the past week due to storminess and southeast winds. Current extent is about 17 percent below the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. There is still plenty of time for ice to expand: the maximum ice extent in the Bering Sea is typically reached between late Feburary and late March.

@Climatologist49 @ZLabe

AlaskaWx, to worldwithoutus
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January 2024 Arctic and Alaska climate review is now posted. It was a less extreme month overall than much of 2023.

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/january-2024-arctic-and-alaska-climate

EBecker, to random
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why should a single state decide who gets to be president of the United States, when it should definitely be 9 people in robes

AlaskaWx,
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@EBecker Even better, only 5 robed people.

AlaskaWx, to worldwithoutus
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January 2024 was significantly warmer than the 1991-2020 normal across the eastern Canadian Arctic, northern and western Alaska and far northeast Russia, and far western Siberia. Parts of eastern Siberia, northwest Canada and the Nordic Arctic were colder than normal. Overall, January ranked as the 14th warmest for the (north of 60ºN) since 1950. Data from ERA5 courtesy of ECMWF/Copernicus.
@Climatologist49

AlaskaWx, to random
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Increasingly strong temperature inversion in the Fairbanks area Thursday about 630am: Goldstream Creek: -15F, Cleary Summit +21F. Air quality moderate in town and unhealthy for sensitive groups in North Pole. @anisian @dboo @CarrieinFbx

AlaskaWx, to worldwithoutus
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Alaska’s Cold Snap 2024 is done. In some areas the past two weeks featured the coldest sustained weather in 15 years. At others, a day or two of intense cold was more prominent. While quite cold for the 21st century, this event doesn’t even rate an asterisk compared to 20th century cold snaps. Lowest community temperature was at perennially cold spot of Chicken at -62F (-52.2C).
@Climatologist49

EBecker, to random
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@AlaskaWx Looking forward to your keynote address tomorrow at Alaska Forum on the Environment! Should be toasty in ANC!

AlaskaWx,
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@seachanger @EBecker I believe there is a remote option.

https://akforum.org/alaska-forum-on-the-environment/

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