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Ex typhoon Choi-Wan is forecast to merge with a separate storm in the far southwestern Bering Sea and then dramatically deepen tonight and tomorrow morning. ECMWF has a 942 mb low off the Russian coast Thursday morning. Storm will likely wobble around and weaken significantly before crossing into Alaska water later Friday. Graphic courtesy PolarWx. @Climatologist49@fediscience.org @Jdnome@alaskan.social#akwx #weather

Sea surface temperatures around Alaska for the week ending October 2 feature water warmer the normal in the open Gulf of Alaska but near normal near the coast. Western and northern Bering Sea warm but southeast Bering remains cool. Mostly below normal north of the Bering Strait although above normal near the Alaskan coast. Data from NOAA/PSL/ESRL. @Climatologist49@fediscience.org @ZLabe@fediscience.org#akwx #Arctic #SST

The Chena River in downtown Fairbanks is at the highest level on record (since 1948) at this point in the season. No wonder: total rainfall for the month through the 19th: Fairbanks Aprt: 3.80", UAF: 4.03" South Fox: 4.41" Keystone Ridge (Murphy Dome area): 6.60" Munson Ridge (south of Chena Hot Springs): 8.9" Graphic courtesy NWS/APRFC @anisian@alaskan.social @mivox@mivox.net#akwx #weather #hydrology

Nice time-lapse video from Utqiaġvik as near shore ice breaking up and clear view of the midnight sun. #akwx #Summer2026 @climatologist49.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Bare ground is emerging across Alaska and northwest Canada as the winter snowpack melts out. The IMS analysis this time of year usually runs a few days behind, e.g. low elevations in the Copper River basin are mostly now snow free, as is the Yukon River valley Dawson to Eagle. Data from NSIDC courtesy NIC. @Climatologist49@fediscience.org#akwx #weather #Climate

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Saturday. Continued chilly on the western North Slope but most areas with near to even a bit above normal temperatures, especially Yukon Territory and northwest British Columbia. #akwx #weather

Nice Tuesday early afternoon in Nome. At 1pm AKDT Sunny, 17F (-8.3C) and calm. Image courtesy Nome Convention and Visitors Bureau. #akwx @Jdnome@alaskan.social

RT from Thierry Goose (@ThierryGooseBC) 🥶 Still unseasonably cold in Yukon 🇨🇦 this morning. 🌡️-44.4°C Dempster Hwy km 124 🌡️-41.2°C Old Crow 🌡️-39.7°C Burwash & Klondike Fire Center 🌡️-39.6°C Dawson City 🌡️-39.3°C Beaver Creek 🌡️-37.8°C Antimony Creek It has been a very cold March in Yukon and Alaska. #YTstorm #AKwx

published in "Landslides" connecting rising annual air temperatures and increase in precipitation (4 fatal slides in last 10 years were triggered by heavy rain) https://www.ktoo.org/2026/01/28/scientists-confirm-climate-change-is-making-destructive-landslides-more-frequent-across-alaska-especially-in-southeast/ #Alaska #lLingítAaní #AkWx #ClimateChange

At 7:00 PM AKST, 2 ESE Metlakatla [Prince Of Wales-Hyd Co, AK] Mesonet reports Non-Tstm Wnd Gst of M95 MPH. Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 2 ESE Metlakatla. Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 2 ESE Metlakatla.... #akwx https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/lsr/?by=wfo&wfo=AJK&sts=202601140400&ets=202601140400

At 5:22 PM AKST, 2 ESE Ketchikan [Ketchikan Gateway Co, AK] Mesonet reports Non-Tstm Wnd Gst of M76 MPH. Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 2 ESE Ketchikan. Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 2 ESE Ketchikan. Mesonet... #akwx https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/lsr/?by=wfo&wfo=AJK&sts=202601140222&ets=202601140222

At 5:42 PM AKST, 2 ESE Ketchikan [Ketchikan Gateway Co, AK] Mesonet reports Non-Tstm Wnd Gst of M68 MPH. Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 2 ESE Ketchikan. Mesonet station SLXA2 Salmon Landing. #akwx https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/lsr/?by=wfo&wfo=AJK&sts=202601140242&ets=202601140242