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

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

Wednesday 1245pm AKDT: Tsunami warnings in effect for part of the southwest Alaska coast following 7.2 earthquake south of Sand Point. #akwx #Alaska

The National Snow and Ice Data Center is reducing Arctic sea ice expert analyses due to NASA funding cuts. #Arctic #SeaIce #akwx @bridgetmck @cinderbdt

Early Sunday morning visible satellite image with the low angle sun highlighting the widespread wildfire smoke across Interior Alaska and the western Yukon Territory. NOAA-21 polar orbiter image courtesy UAF/GINA. @anisian @Climatologist49

#akwx #ytwx #Smoke #Summer2025

Saturday high temperatures thru 4pm AKDT

Tanana 87F (30.6C) breaks the previous record high for the date of 85F in 1983.

Bettes 90F (32.2C) ties the record high for the date first set in 1986. This is the first 90F temp at Bettles since July 2019.

Nome 82F (27.8C) highest temperature since July 2019.

Other high temps include Coldfoot 90F ( 32.2C), Ft. Wainwright 87F (30.7C), Ft. Yukon 86F (30.0C).

#akwx #Summer2025
@Climatologist49

Saturday 2pm AKDT and it's well up into the 80s F over a large part of Interior Alaska (low elevations). Still hours of heating to go. Some daily records will be set, though new monthly records at long term climate sites are possible but much less likely. #akwx #Summer2025. @Climatologist49

Pedro Dome weather radar northeast of Fairbanks is lit up with plumes from a multitude of wildfires. Except for associated pyrocumulus, there are not any clouds around. Image courtesy RadarScope. @anisian @Climatologist49 @BakerRL75
#akwx #Wildfire2025

Nearshore sea ice looking pretty rotten at Utqiaġvik Tuesday morning. East wind 20 mph has opened up a channel about ¾ mile offshore. But it’s sunny, so there is that. Image courtesy UAF and ASRC. #akwx #SeaIce @cinderbdt @Climatologist49

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Sunday. The heat shifting east, with the warmest day of the year so far at Juneau and Petersburg. Also at or near warmest of the year in the southern Yukon and NW British Columbia. Still warm inland North Slope. Wildfire smoke impacting central Interior temperatures. #akwx #weather

Whoa. Wildfire smoke haze early Monday afternoon completely obscuring Denali from the Eielson Visitor Center in Denali National Park. Images courtesy FAA. #akwx #Summer2025 #Smoke @MicheleV_AK @EyeOnAlaska

@MicheleV_AK @EyeOnAlaska This was smoke from northeast British Columbia fires. There have been 49 new fires in Alaska since Sunday, most of those started Monday and Tuesday.

@MicheleV_AK @EyeOnAlaska

Just an Alaskan who cares about Alaskans (I know, how quaint).

The main webpage for the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center is below. The situation report dashboard will get you lots of summary info. On the left sidebar there is an “air quality” link that provides resources on smoke and air quality.

https://fire.ak.blm.gov/aicc.php

Sunday morning and widespread "unhealthy" air quality in wildfire smoke the northern Southeast Alaska, southern and central Yukon Territory and eastern Interior Alaska. Smoke originating from wildfires in northern BC. #akwx #weather #Wildfire2025 #Smoke

Arrggg...
Half a dozen weather balloon observations in Alaska not available Saturday afternoon (from what there should have been five months ago). #weather #akwx @Climatologist49 @ingalls

Sea surface temperatures around Alaska are increasingly cooler than the 1991-2020 baseline. North of the Bering Strait, later than normal sea ice melt the primary driver. Over the northern Gulf of Alaska, clouds and cooler airmass limiting seasonal warming. Bristol Bay and the western Bering Sea remain warm. Data courtesy NOAA/PSL/ESRL. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

#akwx #SST #Arctic

How can we work with this? The man is lying under oath. Congress permits it and NOAA is silent. The claim is that NWS offices are fully staffed.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/weather/lutnick-hurricane-center-nws-cuts-climate

Fairbanks Airport reporting thunder at 1230pm Monday. This is the second day this month with thunder (May 18 was the first day), making this the first May with two days of thunder since 2012. #akwx #Spring2025 #thunder @anisian @Climatologist49 @debmcqueen

The tripod on the Tanana River at Nenana tipped over Saturday evening but Sunday morning it's still in place and clock is still running. The tripod needs to move 100 feet downriver in order to trip the clock. In the past 50 years the median break-up date is April 30. Image courtesy Nenana Ice Classic. #NenanaIceClassic #akwx #Spring2025 @Climatologist49

Not every Alaska wildfire season is big, but the frequency of multi-million acre seasons is about twice nowadays compared to 1950-2000. Historically at least, the wildfire season is short: nearly all the burning occurs late May through early August. As snowmelt proceeds and the ground dries out, the 2025 season will soon be upon us. Data from Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. @anisian @Climatologist49

#akwx #climate #wildfire

Downtown Naknek, #Alaska. April 15, 2025