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The flowering time of year is very short in Interior Alaska, in the boreal forest not more than a couple weeks. Here's a couple pix from...

The flowering time of year is very short in Interior Alaska, in the boreal forest not more than a couple weeks. Here's a couple pix from here in South Fox. The wild roses were not blooming Friday afternoon. This is close to or maybe a few days later than usual. Saturday noon sunny, breezy and 68F (20.0C). #MyAlaskaWx #ClimateDiary #phenology

To June 10 in #Alaska only 666 acres (269 ha) have burned in #wildfire in analysis by Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. This is the...

To June 10 in #Alaska only 666 acres (269 ha) have burned in #wildfire in analysis by Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. This is the smallest area burned to this point in the season in the past 31 years, which as far back as we currently have available near-daily acreage estimates. 1999-2001 each had just under 2000 acres on June 10. There's still time for the weather pattern to change to support significant wildfire but the clock is ticking. #akwx #Summer2023
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South Fox Saturday 700am: Mostly sunny, very slight breeze, 50F (10.0C). #MyAlaskaWx

South Fox Saturday 700am: Mostly sunny, very slight breeze, 50F (10.0C). #MyAlaskaWx

Bright June sunshine Friday afternoon at Atqasuk, #Alaska (North Slope Borough, Inupiat county) with the tundra just starting to show some...

Bright June sunshine Friday afternoon at Atqasuk, #Alaska (North Slope Borough, Inupiat county) with the tundra just starting to show some hints of green. At 430pm AKDT 40F (4.4C) and northeast winds sustained 19 mph (good for keeping mosquitoes away). Next sunset Atqasuk will be ~2am July 30th.Webcam pix courtesy FAA. #akwx #Summer2023

Alaska and vicinity 50-year Spring (March through May) snowfall trend, shown as the percent change 1974 to 2023 from ERA5 data courtesy of...

Alaska and vicinity 50-year Spring (March through May) snowfall trend, shown as the percent change 1974 to 2023 from ERA5 data courtesy of ECMWF/Copernicus. Keeping in mind that Spring is the dry season, increases across the North Slope likely related to thinner sea ice, and in May, more open water in Chukchi Sea. Little overall change Brooks Range to Alaska Range, general decreases on land south of Alaska region. #akwx #ytwx #ClimateChange
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Friendly geography reminder: "Siberia" is a largely unhelpful way to located to weather and #climate #extremes. As often used, as...

Friendly geography reminder: "Siberia" is a largely unhelpful way to located to weather and #climate #extremes. As often used, as that portion of Russia east of the Ural Mountains, "Siberia" has an area 26% larger than Europe and nearly 50% larger than the US lower 48 states. At the very, very least, how about some directionals, like "38C at Jalturovosk in southwest Siberia". And yes, I understand clickbait headlines.

I've got a post up with the #Alaska May and Spring 2023 #Climate Summary. Maybe someday there will be a month/season I can write...

I've got a post up with the #Alaska May and Spring 2023 #Climate Summary. Maybe someday there will be a month/season I can write "kind of boring climate-wise around Alaska" but this is not that season. #akwx #ClimateMonitoring #ClimateDiary
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@Climatologist49 Final strike count was 1689.

@Climatologist49 Final strike count was 1689.

A small area of Abnormally Dry (D0) analyzed in Southcentral Alaska from east of Anchorage to the Palmer area in this week's US #Drought...

A small area of Abnormally Dry (D0) analyzed in Southcentral Alaska from east of Anchorage to the Palmer area in this week's US #Drought Monitor analysis. #akwx #ClimateMonitoring

@droughtcenter @DeniseGutzmer @EyeOnAlaska @sbmorgan

Modest low level #smoke from Northwest Territories #wildfires has made it into central Interior Alaska as shown in the PurpleAir graphic...

Modest low level #smoke from Northwest Territories #wildfires has made it into central Interior Alaska as shown in the PurpleAir graphic from Thursday ~830am AKDT. #akwx #Summer2023

@Climatologist49 @anisian @CarrieNash

South Fox Thursday 630am: Partly cloudy, slight breeze, 57F (13.9C). #MyAlaskaWx

South Fox Thursday 630am: Partly cloudy, slight breeze, 57F (13.9C). #MyAlaskaWx

Wednesday through 530pm AKDT just over 1000 #lightning strikes picked up by the #Alaska Fire Service lightning detection network, making...

Wednesday through 530pm AKDT just over 1000 #lightning strikes picked up by the #Alaska Fire Service lightning detection network, making this the first moderately active #thunderstorm day of the 2023 season.
#akwx
@Climatologist49

Near shore #SeaIce at Utqiaġvik slowly melting Wednesday early afternoon in the webcam pix courtesy University of Alaska. Fairbanks. A...

Near shore #SeaIce at Utqiaġvik slowly melting Wednesday early afternoon in the webcam pix courtesy University of Alaska. Fairbanks. A large slab of ice about 3 miles (4.5km) offshore broke away late Tuesday evening. With light to moderate east to northeast winds likely into the weekend, more break-offs are likely in coming days. #akwx #Arctic #Alaska
@Climatologist49 @cinderbdt

Okay, it's official: We started discussion on doing a paper of Alaska climate trends in December 2021, and 19 months later, our diverse...

Okay, it's official: We started discussion on doing a paper of Alaska climate trends in December 2021, and 19 months later, our diverse team, led by Tom Ballinger (UAF), published today in Journal of Climate:

Alaska Terrestrial and Marine Climate Trends, 1957–2021

Co-authors include @Climatologist49, @chrys and @alaskauma

It's open access so check it out.

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/36/13/JCLI-D-22-0434.1.xml

#akwx #Climate #ClimateChange #Alaska #Arctic

The current #wildifre and associated thick #smoke in the eastern North America certainly drives home the point that personal experience...

The current #wildifre and associated thick #smoke in the eastern North America certainly drives home the point that personal experience matters a lot in perception of #ClimateChange problems. The current level of smoke in the southeast Ontario and the mid-Atlantic states has become virtually routine (nearly every summer) in parts of western North America but mostly elicited yawns east of the Mississippi. #ClimateDiary #Climate

Whoa! Northwest Territories #wildfire has now burned more 400k hectares (998k acres). Burning that much boreal forest produces a lot of...

Whoa! Northwest Territories #wildfire has now burned more 400k hectares (998k acres). Burning that much boreal forest produces a lot of smoke, some of which is now as far west as Interior Alaska. #akwx #ytwx #ntwx #ClimateMonitoring #Climate #Canada

https://www.gov.nt.ca/ecc/en/services/wildfire-update

South Fox Wednesday 6am: Sunny, very slight breeze, 54F (12.2C). #MyAlaskaWx

South Fox Wednesday 6am: Sunny, very slight breeze, 54F (12.2C). #MyAlaskaWx

And just like that summer comes to Northwest Alaska. High temperatures Tuesday widely in the 60s to 70s even in many coastal communities....

And just like that summer comes to Northwest Alaska. High temperatures Tuesday widely in the 60s to 70s even in many coastal communities. #akwx #Summer2023 @Climatologist49

South Fox heat: high temperature Tuesday has been 80F (26.7C), the warmest it's been here since July 8, 2022. #MyAlaskaWx

South Fox heat: high temperature Tuesday has been 80F (26.7C), the warmest it's been here since July 8, 2022. #MyAlaskaWx

Climate stripes style graphic showing ranking monthly of #Arctic #SeaIce extent 1979 to May 2023. Just looking at the colors, notice that...

Climate stripes style graphic showing ranking monthly of #Arctic #SeaIce extent 1979 to May 2023. Just looking at the colors, notice that there is more variability in the Spring (especially April and May) than the remainder of the year. Courtesy of DMI.

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https://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/sie_monthmean.uk.php