Notices by Rick Thoman (alaskawx@alaskan.social), page 2

Friday early evening temperatures in Interior Alaska. Nippy. #akwx

Saturday through Wednesday snowfall of 77 inches (196cm) reported by an NWS spotter near Haines, Alaska. #akwx #weather #Snow @Climatologist49 @ScoterD

Fairbanks airport has not been above -40F this afternoon and starting to get real ice fog. #akwx #cold #Winter2026 @anisian @Climatologist49

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Wednesday. Colder in Southwest Alaska. Slight moderation in most areas in the eastern Interior. Cold in Southeast. #akwx #weather

Alaska and vicinity seasonal 50-year temperature changes (ºF) updated through autumn 2025, all in one graphic for your convenience. A whole lot of warming going on. #akwx #Alaska #ClimateChange #Arctic @Climatologist49

Just putting this out here for posterity. An incredible 2 days of observations from Palmer, Alaska airport, including that the power has stayed on. Peak wind has been 70mph or higher each hour since 8am Saturday. No, it's not snowing: mostly blowing dust. From U. Wyoming weather web. #akwx

Autumn 2025 snowfall was below the 1991-2020 baseline across most of western Alaska and a large part of northwest Canada. Parts of the northern and eastern Interior and northern Southeast Alaska though had above normal snow. Data from ERA5 courtesy of ECMWF/Copernicus. @Climatologist49

#akwx #Climate #Autumn2025 #Snow

I am so angry and sad about this. Draconian staff cuts at KYUK in Bethel are an incalculable loss for the region and indeed all of Alaska. #Alaska #PublicRadio @Jdnome

https://alaskapublic.org/2025-western-alaska-storm/2025-11-17/alaska-station-that-covered-devastating-storm-cuts-jobs

Tuesday 537pm AKST and a red/pink aurora is already visible at the UAF Poker Flats facility northeast of Fairbanks. Note that in the image, south is at top, so most of the aurora is in the southern half of the sky. @anisian @debmcqueen @Climatologist49

#akwx #Aurora

Not what people ANYWHERE on the Pacific coast want to hear. #akwx #Alaska

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is halting a contract that makes it possible for the federal agency to accurately monitor for potential tsunamis in Alaska – and quickly warn at-risk communities."

https://alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-desk/2025-10-31/noaa-cancels-longstanding-funding-for-seismic-data-collection-crucial-to-tsunami-warning-systems

More reporting on possible impacts of NOAA cuts on wx models and forecasts for ex-typhoon Halong. #akwx

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/27/alaska-storm-emergency-response-trump-cuts

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Wednesday. Still warmer than normal. Many places in mainland Alaska had a "top five" warmest first half of October. For comparison, 1991-2020 normal high temp for Oct 15: Bethel 39F, Kotzebue 31F, Fairbanks 35F, Anchorage 43F, Juneau 48F. #akwx #weather

#SilentSunday #Pennsylvania

Early Sunday morning satellite pix and Nome weather radar show ex-typhoon Halong centered over Norton Sound south of Nome and moving quickly to the north-northeast. Severe flooding and damage and power outages overnight in the YK Delta region. Thru 7am AKDT peak winds at airports include 100 mph at Tooksok Bay, 84 mph at Tununak, 81 mph at Kotlik, 76 mph Bethel. @Climatologist49 @Jdnome

#akwx #weather #ExtremeWeather #Autumn2025

Ex-typhoon Halong is going to produce extreme winds and coastal flooding this weekend in western Alaska. Norton Sound and the YK delta coast at especially high threat. Graphic courtesy Tropical Tidbits. #akwx #weather #ExtremeWeather @BakerRL75 @Jdnome

Aurora is cranked up again Tuesday evening. Image courtesy of the UAF Poker Flat Research station northeast of Fairbanks 916pm AKDT Tuesday. @Climatologist49

#Alaska #Aurora #NorthernLights #Autumn2025

Downtown Fairbanks Sunday 630am: light snow, no significant accumulation, slight breeze, 33F (0.6C). #MyAlaskaWx

Hardly surprising, but terminating funding to support Alaska Native programs and services is a real gut-punch nonetheless. #UAF #Alaska #UA

Nerd alert: Big rains forecast for Fairbanks-land Saturday afternoon through Monday. Even applying the usual rule of thumb of dividing the model forecast precip amounts by two, this would still be highest three-day total this year in Fairbanks. @Climatologist49 @anisian

#akwx #weather #WxModels

Anchorage (Airport) days per winter with a low temperature of 0F (-17.8C) or lower since 1953-54. A 73 percent decrease over the past 7 decades in the average number of cold days per winter. It's almost as if something has changed. @EBecker @EyeOnAlaska

#akwx #Climate