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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

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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.

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Hot off the digital press: the Spring 2023 issue of Bering Science, a project of the Alaska Ocean Observing System with contributions from the International Arctic Research Center. This issue has articles on crabs, salmon, sea birds harmful algal blooms and, yes, weather & climate, including a recap of ex-Typhoon Merbok. Online version below at the link; you can grab the pdf there if you like. #akwx #BeringSea #Ecosystem #ClimateChange

https://uaf-iarc.org/bering-sea-changes/

@Climatologist49 @Jdnome @iraluq

The median date for #BeringSea maximum #SeaIce extent is still above a week away, so there's still time for ice to expand significantly IF there is a sustained period of north to northeast winds. However, it's now virtually certain that the 2023 maximum extent will be lower than the 1991-2020 average. #akwx #Arctic #ClimateMonitoring
@Climatologist49 @ZLabe

We'll be tracking the Bering Sea ice extent for the seasonal maximum in the coming weeks. It's possible the max extent happening, now as south to southeast winds are coming this weekend and will continue into next week. But as the graphic shows, it's not uncommon for max #BeringSea #seaice extent to occur in late March or even early April.
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