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Autumn colors don't last long in Interior Alaska, but while we've got them it is gorgeous. Sunday morning FAA webcam view at Central (Gwich'in Dene country, northeast of Fairbanks) after some ground fog had dissipated. #akwx #Autumn #AlaskaSky @[email protected] @[email protected]

Autumn colors don't last long in Interior Alaska, but while we've got them it is gorgeous. Sunday morning FAA webcam view at Central (northeast of Fairbanks). @anisian @mivox @Climatologist49

#akwx #Autumn

Sea ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas continues melt, with the combined extent slightly higher than last year but well below the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. The higher concentration sea ice north of the northeast Alaska coast is an area of thicker multi-year ice that moved southwest in the spring from the Canadian High Arctic in the ocean currents. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

#akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Saturday. Warm for this late in the season from southeast Interior Alaska into the Yukon Territory and northwestern British Columbia. Chilly northern Interior and North Slope. #akwx #weather

6:00AM: 57F, mostly cloudy.

The rain returns. "Real" rain not until Monday night/Tuesday, but cloudy is good too. 😉

#MyAlaskaWx #akwx #Sitka #Alaska

August temperatures averaged above normal over most of Alaska except in Southcentral and Southwest Alaska, where the monthly average was close to normal. Southeast Alaska was especially warm, with both Juneau and Petersburg having a "top ten" warmest August. #akwx #Climate #Summer2026

August temperatures averaged above normal over most of Alaska except in Southcentral and Southwest Alaska, where the monthly average was close to normal. Southeast Alaska was especially warm, with both Juneau and Petersburg having a "top ten" warmest August. @Climatologist49

#akwx #Climate #Summer2026

Sea surface temperature departures from the 1991-2020 baseline in the seas around Alaska. Gulf of Alaska near to above normal. The Eastern Bering and most of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas cooler than normal except for some nearshore warmth. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

#akwx #Arctic #SST

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Friday. Quite warm in Southeast Alaska. Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak also warm, with a new daily record high at Homer (68F, 20.0C) and daily record tied at Kodiak (71F, 21.7C). Cool in the northern Interior and North Slope. #akwx #weather

7:00AM: 51F, clear.

I'm late this morning because....boring weather!

But RAIN is in the forecast.

I'll believe it when I see it. Sigh.

#MyAlaskaWx #akwx #Sitka #Alaska

Fairbanks airport first freeze of the autumn on Thursday was early for the 21st century but would be close to normal prior to 1970. #akwx #Climate @[email protected] @[email protected]

Fairbanks airport first freeze of the autumn on Thursday was early for the 21st century but would be close to normal prior to 1970. @Climatologist49 @anisian

#akwx #Climate

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Thursday. Warm in Southeast Alaska and northwest British Columbia. Not quite so warm Aleutians and lower Alaska Peninsula. Rainy and cool from western Alaska into the central Interior. Also rainy but not so cool in southwest Alaska. #akwx #weather

6:00AM: 50, fair.

One of my weather apps says "abundant sunshine" today. Sun-lovers - go revel!

Yesterday was a frost advisory in Yakutat, today it's a heat advisory in Prince of Wales Island.

The weather is definitely...weathering.

#MyAlaskaWx #akwx #Sitka #Alaska

More western Pacific typhoons does not mean one (or more) will impact Alaska. But it does mean there more chances for all the other pieces to come together that results in an ex-typhoon impacting Alaska. Bottom line: we need to pay attention to the NW Pacific now thru October. #AlaskaSky #akwx

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wznrpi4wyqhcv5onowp3lmcs/post/3mqa5rmzqzk26

Solar midnight's bright twilight on Solstice, June 21, 2026 at 151am AKDT at Cleary Summit on the Steese highway, about 15 miles northeast ofFairbanks. This view, looking due north, courtesy Alaska DOT RWIS program. #akwx #AlaskaSky #Solstice @[email protected] @[email protected]

Coming up at 11am AKDT today (Thursday), ACCAP's annual Green-up webinar. Birch and aspen leaves a'popin is important seasonal milestone in the Boreal North. We'll discuss why this matters and how we can forecast when this will happen each spring. #akwx #AlaskaSky uaf-accap.org/event/green-...

Tracking Green-up in Alaska’s ...

Yep, another white Christmas in Fairbanks. #akwx #Climate #Snow #Christmas #AlaskaSky @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

All-sky aurora images taken 9 minutes apart early Tuesday evening from the UAF Poker Flats research facility northeast of Fairbanks. #akwx #AlaskaSky #Aurora

Not what people ANYWHERE on the Pacific coast need. #akwx #AlaskaSky "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is halting a contract that makes it possible for the federal agency to…monitor for potential tsunamis…and quickly warn at-risk communities." alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...

NOAA cancels funding for data ...

I’ve got a short piece up in The Conversation on the catastrophic flooding in Southwest Alaska from ex-typhoon Halong and the challenges of recovery work. #akwx #ExtremeWeather #Alaska #AlaskaSky theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...

Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska ...

Ex-typhoon Halong is going to produce extreme winds and coastal flooding this weekend in western Alaska. Norton Sound and the YK delta coast especially high threat. #akwx #ExtremeWeather #AlaskaSky @markspringer.bsky.social @climatologist49.bsky.social @hanners64n.bsky.social

Pretty good bet that the highest temperatures of 2025 have come and gone in and around Alaska. Widespread 90s in the Koyukuk and Kobuk valleys are extreme, but likely not as rare as the 80s on the western North Slope, even right to the coast. Meanwhile, some areas in Southcentral (Kenai) and Southeast (Sitka) had unusually low peak temperatures. @Climatologist49

#akwx #Climate #Summer2025

Wildfire area burned in the Northwest Territories, Canada has nearly doubled in the past two weeks, with more than 1.33 million hectares (3.30 million acres) burned in 2025. Although wildfire as been minimal in the Yukon Territory and Alaska this month, the northern North American total area burned is now nearly twice the 1988 to 2024 median and on par with 2022 and 2024. @Climatologist49

#Wildfire #akwx #ytwx #ntwx #Summer2025

Dark times but I’m happy to be able to share a little bit good news… #akwx #AlaskaSky #Climate #Arctic

#AKwx @AlaskaWx

Fire Status Updates for June 25 2025 for fires followed by BakersRelay. NOTE: Fire info could be several hours old.

#RoundaboutComplex
#RichardsFire Actively In Work
#MoldyFire Unstaffed
#CaribouFire Structure Protection
#NewCottonwoodFire Actively In Work

#TwelvemileLakeFire Acres 14,420
#LakeGeorgeFire Acres 200
#SandLakeFire Acres 2,856

#NenanaRidgeComplex Acres 6,430
#BonanzaCreekFire Acres 2,165
#GoldstreamCreekFire Acres 4,265

#OskawalikFire Acres 1,779 Cont. 60%
#NelchinaGlacierFire Acres 2,525 Cont. Uknown

#7MileLookoutFire Acres 1,373 Contain. Unknown
#TokRiverFire Acres 314 Contain. Unknown
#TractorTrailFire Acres 40 Contain. Unknown
#RiverTrailFire Acres 19,938 Contain. Unknown
#TheRidgelineFire Acres 4,584 Contain. Unknown
#LakeMansfieldFire Acres 688 Contain. Unknown

#NinetyeightFire Decreasing activity

Tanana Zone
#LushFire Actively In Work
#ElephantFire Actively In Work
#ShortcutFire Actively In Work
#BootleggerFire Actively In Work
#HayFire Actively In Work

#PtarmiganComplex Acres 3,800
#TurtleFire Monitor Status
#DeadwoodFire Contained/controlled
#KetchemFire Contained/controlled
#AlligatorFire Acres 1,100
#BirchFire Acres 2,700
#LittleMosquitoFire Monitor Status

#BearCreek Acres 26,047
#SaintGeorgeCreekFire Acres 11,500

Fires No longer followed by BakersRelay
#NakochelikFire Contained, demobilized

https://akfireinfo.com/2025/06/24/incident-management-team-takes-command-of-the-bear-creek-fire-and-saint-george-creek-fire/

#AKwx @AlaskaWx

Fire Status Updates for June 23 2025 for fires followed by BakersRelay. NOTE: Fire info could be several hours old.

ALASKA
#HimalayaRoadFire ACRES: 1,868 Contain: unk
#TwelveMileLakeFire ACRES 6,221 Contain: Unk
#LakeGeorgeFire ACRES UNK Cont. Unk
#SandLakeFire ACRES UNK Cont.
#TheSevenMileLookoutFire ACRES 1,500 Con. Unk
#BonanzaCreekFire ACRES: 1599 Contain: unknown
#NinetyeightFire ACRES: 800 Contain: unknown
#WolverineComplex ACRES: 1,000 Contain: unk
#KechumstukCreekFire ACRES: 4,201 Contain: unk
#MarshallMountainFire: ACRES: 300 Contain: unk
#BearCreekFire: ACRES: 21,210 Contain: Unk
#SaintGeorgeCreekFire ACRES 285 Contain: Unk
#BonnifieldCreekFire ACRES 2675 Contain. Unk
#AggieCreekFire ACRES 934 Contain: Unknown
#GilmoreTrailFire ACRES 15.5 Contain: Unknown
#GoldstreamCreekFire ACRES 80s Cont. Unknown
#TokRiverFire ACRES unknown Contain. Unknown
#OskawalikFire ACRES 1,779 Contain. Unk
#NelchinaGlacierFire ACRES 750 Contain. Unk
#LushFire ACRES Unk Con. Unk
#Bootlegger ACRES Unk Con. Unk
#McCoyCreekFire Contained, being monitored.
#WashintonCreekFire ACRES 5.7 Contain. Unknown
#TurtleFire and #IkheenijikFire ACRES 7000 con unk
#AlligatorFire - ACRES 300 Contain. 25%
#DeadwoodFire - mopping up
#McArthurCreekFire Being monitored
#RidgelineFire Being monitored
#LadueRiverFire Being monitored
#RiverTrailFire Being monitored
#KetchemFire -
#LittleMosquitoFire -

Fire info from: https://akfireinfo.com/2025/06/22/alaska-type-3-team-assumes-command-of-fires-burning-near-central-circle/

Typically updated at 6:00 pm EDT daily

#AKwx @AlaskaWx

Fire Status Updates for June 23 2025 for fires followed by BakersRelay. NOTE: Fire info could be several hours old.

ALASKA
#HimalayaRoadFire ACRES: 1,868 Contain: unk
#TwelveMileLakeFire ACRES 6,221 Contain: Unk
#LakeGeorgeFire ACRES UNK Cont. Unk
#SandLakeFire ACRES UNK Cont.
#TheSevenMileLookoutFire ACRES 1,500 Con. Unk
#BonanzaCreekFire ACRES: 1599 Contain: unknown
#NinetyeightFire ACRES: 800 Contain: unknown
#WolverineComplex ACRES: 1,000 Contain: unk
#KechumstukCreekFire ACRES: 4,201 Contain: unk
#MarshallMountainFire: ACRES: 300 Contain: unk
#BearCreekFire: ACRES: 21,210 Contain: Unk
#SaintGeorgeCreekFire ACRES 285 Contain: Unk
#BonnifieldCreekFire ACRES 2675 Contain. Unk
#AggieCreekFire ACRES 934 Contain: Unknown
#GilmoreTrailFire ACRES 15.5 Contain: Unknown
#GoldstreamCreekFire ACRES 80s Cont. Unknown
#TokRiverFire ACRES unknown Contain. Unknown
#OskawalikFire ACRES 1,779 Contain. Unk
#NelchinaGlacierFire ACRES 750 Contain. Unk
#LushFire ACRES Unk Con. Unk
#Bootlegger ACRES Unk Con. Unk
#McCoyCreekFire Contained, being monitored.
#WashintonCreekFire ACRES 5.7 Contain. Unknown
#TurtleFire and #IkheenijikFire ACRES 7000 con unk
#AlligatorFire - ACRES 300 Contain. 25%
#DeadwoodFire - mopping up
#McArthurCreekFire Being monitored
#RidgelineFire Being monitored
#LadueRiverFire Being monitored
#RiverTrailFire Being monitored
#KetchemFire -
#LittleMosquitoFire -

Fire info from: https://akfireinfo.com/2025/06/22/alaska-type-3-team-assumes-command-of-fires-burning-near-central-circle/

Typically updated at 6:00 pm EDT daily

#AKwx #CAwx #ORwx #NVwx #WAwx

Fire Status Updates for June 22 2025 for fires followed by BakersRelay. NOTE: Fire info could be several hours old.

ALASKA
#HimalayaRoadFire ACRES: 1,600 Contain: unknown
#BonanzaCreekFire ACRES: 540 Contain: unknown
#NinetyeightFire ACRES: 800 Contain: unknown
#WolverineComplex ACRES: 1,000 Contain: unknown
#KechumstukCreekFire ACRES: 4,201 Contain: unknown
#MarshallMountainFire: ACRES: 300 Contain: unknown
#BearCreekFire: ACRES: unknown Contain: Unk
#SaintGeorgeCreekFire ACRES 285 Contain: Unk
#TwelveMileLakeFire ACRES 2,000 Contain: Unk
#AggieCreekFire ACRES 400 Contain: Unknown
#GilmoreTrailFire ACRES 15.5 Contain: Unknown
#GoldstreamCreekFire ACRES 80s Cont. Unknown

Fire info from: https://akfireinfo.com/2025/06/21/roundup-of-interior-fires-and-evacuations/
Typically updated at 6:00 pm EDT daily

CALIFORNIA
#RockFire ACRES 7

OREGON
#PinnacleFire ACRES 15 CONTAINMENT Unknown
#UpperApplegateFire ACRES 468 CONTAIN. 55%

NEVADA
#ConnerFire ACRES 17,352.7 CONTAIN. O%

UTAH
#ForsythFire ACRES 1,639.6 CONTAINMENT 0%
#FranceCanyonFire ACRES 15,755.9 CONT. 10%
#BridgeCreekFire ACRES 2,218.6 CONTAIN. Unk

WASHINGTON
#PomasFire ACRES 1,059.5 CONTAINMENT 0%
#TrailCreekFire ACRES 50.6 CONTAINMENT Unk

Fires No Longer Followed:
#ChariotFire Forward Progress stopped
#ElizabethFire Forward Progress stopped
#RushFire ACRES 33 CONTAINMENT 60%
#GreenFire ACRES 75 CONTAINMENT Unknown

#AKwx #CAwx #ORwx #NVwx #WAwx

Fire Status Updates for June 21 2025 for fires followed by BakersRelay. NOTE: Fire info could be several hours old.

ALASKA
#HimalayaRoadFire ACRES: 1500 Contain: unknown
#BonanzaCreekFire ACRES: 540 Contain: unknown
#NinetyeightFire ACRES: 800 Contain: unknown
#WolverineComplex ACRES: 1,000 Contain: unknown
#KechumstukCreekFire ACRES: 4,201 Contain: unknown
#MarshallMountainFire: ACRES: 300 Contain: unknown
#BearCreekFire: ACRES: unknown Contain: Unknown

Fire info from: https://akfireinfo.com/

CALIFORNIA

OREGON
#UpperApplegateFire ACRES 453 CONTAIN. 35%

NEVADA
#ConnerFire ACRES 13,900.9 CONTAIN. Unkn

WASHINGTON
#PomasFire ACRES 1,059.5 CONTAINMENT 0%
#TrailCreekFire ACRES 50.6 CONTAINMENT Unk

Fires No Longer Followed:
#RuthFire ACRES 14 CONTAINMENT 65%
#CaminoFire ACRES 173 CONTAINMENT 90%
#BonanzaFire ACRES 181.2 CONTAINMENT 75%
#ClarkFire ACRES 25.3 CONTAINMENT 60%
#RanchoFire ACRES 157 CONTAINMENT 90%
#AlderSprings ACRES 3,279 CONTAINMENT 68%
#RowenaFire ACRES 3,700 CONTAINMENT 91%

August average temperatures were warmer than normal almost everywhere in and around Alaska, with the eastern Interior and adjacent areas in the Yukon especially warm. Eagle had the warmest August on record, Tok second warmest, Fairbanks and Gulkana third warmest. Southeast was again mild, with Sitka airport having second warmest August. #akwx #ytwx #Summer2023 #ClimateMonitoring
@Climatologist49 @pat_wx

August rainfall relative to normal around Alaska showed considerable variability, but except for portions of the eastern Interior was mostly above normal, and in portions of Southcentral and western Alaska rainfall was way above normal. This same basic pattern prevailed in June and July too. #akwx #Summer2023. #ClimateMonitoring

@Climatologist49

Third installment of the July 2023 Alaska and Arctic #climate summary is now posted. For the #Arctic as a whole, this was the second warmest July on record. #akwx #ytwx #Summer2023 #ClimateMonitoring

@Climatologist49

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/july-2023-temperature-and-precipitation

#Glacial #Lake draining (suddenly) above #Juneau #Alaska. #AKwx #SuicideBasin #AK #NuggetCreek -- has resulted in record flooding along Nugget Creek in Juneau, homes washed away.

@ingalls @cantzler Let's see if this works... time lapse of #glacial #lake in #SuicideBasin #NuggetCreek #AK #AKwx

Dramatic contrast in July precipitation in and around Alaska in ERA5 courtesy of ECMWF/Copernicus using a normals 1991-2020 baseline. Parts of western and Southcentral #Alaska much wetter than usual, with some areas with twice the normal rainfall. Eastern mainland Alaska, Southeast and most of the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories were considerably drier than average. #akwx #ytwx #ntwx #ClimateMonitoring #Summer2023
@Climatologist49 @McYukon

Pan-Arctic July 2023 temperature departures from the 1991-2020 average from ERA5 courtesy of ECMWF/Copernicus. Most of the Greenland Ice Sheet, northwest Canada and northern Alaska were exceptionally warm. Cooler than average July northeast Canada and most of the Scandinavian #Arctic. July temperature departures are always small over the central Arctic Ocean because heat goes into melting snow and sea ice.
#akwx #ytwx #ntwx #ClimateMonitoring #Summer2023
@Climatologist49

Alaska and Arctic July Wildfire and Oceans #climate summary now posted:

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/july-2023-wildfire-and-oceans-summary

#akwx #ytwx #Arctic #ClimateMonitoring #Summer2023
@Climatologist49

There is so much going on with #Alaska and #Arctic #climate that it's going to take a while to sift through it all. In the meantime, new post up with some of the Alaska highlights from July. #akwx #ClimateMonitoring #Summer2023

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/july-2023-alaska-climate-highlights

@Climatologist49

July 2023 average temperatures in #Alaska:

Warmest any month:
Utqiaġvik 48.4F (9.1C)
Eagle (coop) 65.5F (18.6C)
Northway 65.5F (18.6C)
Tok 64.7F (18.2C)
Ft. Greely/Delta Junction 65.3F (18.5C)

Second warmest month:
Fairbanks 67.1F (19.5C), July 1975 warmer
Deadhorse 53.8 (12.1C), July 1989 warmer

Third warmest month
Juneau 60.4F (15.8C), July 2018 & 2019 warmer

Other place surely in top three but lack long term climate obs.

#akwx #ClimateMonitoring
#Summer2023
@Climatologist49

July 2023 temperature departures from the 1991-2020 average (ºF) across Alaska and NW Canada. Mid-summer departures of 6 to 11ºF above normal (north Slope eastward into northern Yukon and northwest NWT) are astounding. Anchorage area & Kenai Peninsula westward to southwest mainland #Alaska only bastion of below normal for the month. #akwx #ClimateMonitoring #Summer2023
@Climatologist49 @pat_wx

A few of the many #climate highlights for July 2023 around Alaska. Dramatic contrast between Southcentral/Southwest #Alaska and the North Slope, eastern Interior and Southeast. In addition to record dry at Yakutat, Gulkana, Juneau and Sitka all had a top ten driest July. Eagle as well as Northway and Utqiaġvik had their warmest month on record. #akwx #ClimateMonitoring #ClimateDiary #Summer2023 @Climatologist49 @AK_OK @YJRosen

July 2023 total rainfall as a percent of average. Dramatic contrast between Southcentral and Southwest Alaska and the eastern Interior and Southeast. Parts of the southeast Interior were also quite dry in June, with Delta Junction/Ft. Greely coming in the driest June-July on record, with the two month precipitation just 31 percent of normal. In Southeast, Juneau Airport 4th driest July past 80 years. #akwx #ClimateMonitoring
@Climatologist49 @AK_OK

Utqiaġvik, #Alaska July 2023 average temperature of 48.4F (9.11C) edges out July 2019 (48.3F, 9.06C) as the warmest month on record. The low temperature for the month of 33F (+0.6) marked only the third July to remain above freezing the entire month. Decreasing nearshore #SeaIce is part of the driver of the increase in recent years. Unbroken climate observations at Utqiaġvik since late 1920. #akwx #Climate #ClimateChanrge #ClimateMonitoring
@Climatologist49 @cinderbdt [email protected] @YJRosen

And it begins: July was the warmest month on record at Eagle, #Alaska The NWS cooperative observations put the average temperature at 65.5F (18.6C). This exceeds the previous warmest month of June 2004, when the average temperature was 65.2F (18.4C). The previous warmest July was 2007, with an average temperature of 64.1F (17.8C).
There are about 100 years (not consecutive) of reliable climate observations at Eagle.
#akwx #ClimateChange #ClimateMonitoring
@Climatologist49 @extretemps

Fairbanks is on track for this month to finish up as the second warmest July in the past 118 years. Only July 1975 warmer. Other locations in #Alaska also track for a near record warm month #akwx #Summer2023 #ClimateMonitoring
@Climatologist49

Alaska temperature and precipitation departures from normal for the first half of July. Very wet north and west, very dry Southeast. This kind of west-to-east contrast across #Alaska is common in the cold season but unusual in mid-summer when, small scale features tend to dominate, though there's a hint of that in the temperatures.
#akwx #ClimateMonitoring #Summer2023 #Climate

@Climatologist49

Temperatures for early summer 2023 for Alaska overall are running slightly below than the 1991-2020 average, as seen in the ACCAP Alaska statewide temperature index. @Climatologist49 and I developed the index in order to answer questions like "has it been hot/cold in Alaska lately?" Alaska's a big place with widely varying climates, and the index tries to account for that. You can play along at home at:

https://accap.uaf.edu/tools/statewide-temperature-index

#akwx #Summer2023 #ClimateMonitoring

I've got a short post up summarizing the extreme heat in northwest Canada and far eastern Alaska July 7 and 8. #akwx #ytwx #ntwx #ClimateCrisis #ClimateMonitoring #ClimateDiary #ExtremeWeather

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/extreme-heat-in-northwest-canada

@Climatologist49 @evaholland @andrewfreedman @yjrosen @AK_OK

Sea surface temperature departures from 1991-2020 average for the first week of July from the NOAA/PSL/ESRL high resolution data. Much below normal #sst in the western Chukchi Sea reflecting late persisting #SeaIce. Southern Gulf of Alaska remains cooler than average west and above normal east. Big west to east difference Bering Strait compared to Norton and Kotzebue Sounds. #akwx #Arctic #ClimateMonitoring #Oceanography
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