Fairbanks food banks are seeing demands spike as the shutdown disrupts SNAP benefits.

Tune in Nov. 13 @ 11am AKST to hear Rick Thoman and Ed Plumb discuss the weather and climate aspects of ex-Typhoon Halong which hit western Alaska on Oct. 11-12. Learn about the storm's evolution and what made this storm unique. Register here: uaf-accap.org/event/ex-typ...

Sitka airport August through October average temperature of 55.5F (13.1C) was 3.2F above the 1991-2020 baseline and highest early autumn average temperature on record, just above 2013. Climate observations since 1948. #akwx #Climate @adriftalchemist.bsky.social

Chilly this morning! #alaskasky @alaskawx.bsky.social

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Sunday. Very mild and rainy in Southeast. Not as cool as recent days in Southwest Alaska and still mild on the North Slope. A bit cooler in the Interior and Southcentral. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

Under Schumer's leadership, eight Democrats (Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Kaine, King, Rosen, & Shaheen) joined the Republicans in moving forward a bill to reopen the government without ACA subsidies—Dems' stated key aim—or any other real concessions from the status before the shutdown.

I’m so disgusted by the feckless, craven display by Senate Democrats tonight. Is it possible to be fueled entirely by disgust? Asking because I foresee another sleepless night….

Timeline cleanse. Another picture of snow. ❄️❄️❄️

Fairbanks Airport down to 0F (-18C) late Sunday afternoon. This is the first time it's been down to 0F this autumn and is 12 days later than the average "first 0ºF" over the past 50 years. Only one occurrence of the "first 0ºF" before Oct 22nd this century. That used to be common. #akwx #Climate

Folks, it doesn’t matter that Schumer voted “no”. He got the Dem caucus on board with caving. THEN the caucus figured out who should vote yes to provide cover for D Sens up for reelection in 2026, who might have been in serious danger of being primaried. As for the retiring D Senators, doing […]

After 40 days of a government shutdown, the Democrats walk away with...nothing. They failed, in defending healthcare for 24 million Americans. They failed politically, gaining no real concessions, with all this pain caused. They failed morally, with all of us who care.

What a gorgeous day…and yes, those are icicles hanging from our roof. #Alaska #Blue #Skies

Just now

Kodiak-born carver Jerry Laktonen was named the Rasmuson Foundation’s Distinguished Artist for 2025, reflecting decades of work featuring traditional Alutiiq methods. www.adn.com/arts/2025/11...

Out my kitchen window while I’m working here this morning!

Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?

In case you're wondering, it's November 9 and there's no sea ice to be seen from Utqiaġvik, northernmost community in Alaska. Sunday at 1125am AKST, 18F (-7.8C) with northeast winds 18kt (21mph). Webcam image courtesy UAF and NSRC. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

Sunshine in #Alaska

The Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska and northwest of Canada, has been slow to freeze over this autumn, with the rate of increase of sea ice extent way below normal since early October. Sea ice is slowly growing and expanding in the Chukchi and Bering Seas. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Saturday. Clear and colder northwest Alaska. Southwest Alaska remains cooler than normal. Continued mild Yukon Territory. Stormy but mild southern Southeast and Haida Gwaii. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

Who: Any Fairbanksan (veteran or not) What: Town Hall When: 5-7 pm Tuesday November 11 Where: 8-Star Event Center 1485 30th Avenue Why: meet with your representative, senator, or their staff.

November snowfall trend past 50 years in and around Alaska. Big increases North Slope due to loss of sea ice/more open water in adjacent seas. Less snow on and near Bering Sea & Gulf of Alaska coasts reflect warming oceans. Data from ERA5 courtesy of @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #akwx #Climate #Snow

Nice light pillars tonight

Every day is a good day to head into the mountains.

Admittedly, I've never lived in Anchorage, but I've spent plenty of time there over the decades, and I never realized that it was so lilliputian that less than seven inches would bury houses. 🤷🏻 #akwx #snow #AlaskaSky @climatologist49.bsky.social

November snowfall trend past 50 years in and around Alaska. Big increases North Slope due to loss of sea ice/more open water in adjacent seas. Less snow on and near Bering Sea & Gulf of Alaska coasts reflect warming oceans. Data from ERA5 courtesy of @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #akwx #Climate #Snow

Ok #Climate hive mind, any recommendations for the best non-technical AMOC/potential AMOS collapse explainers? Thanks. @rahmstorf.bsky.social

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Friday. Continued milder than normal over most of region except for Southwest Alaska and Kodiak Island. Yukon Territory temperatures especially mild for this time of year. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

There's a good chance that this represents the establishment of our continuous winter snowpack here in Anchorage. If so, it would be right on schedule (Nov 8th is the median date). @alaskawx.bsky.social

The first week of November (1.-7.11.) was record-warm in Helsinki, Finland. The average temperature was 9.3 °C. Records have been kept since 1882.

Alaskans helping Alaskans…Quyanna #AlaskaSky #Disaster #Alaska

Seasonal wildland fire outlooks usually don't factor in lightning because local lightning forecasts are difficult and time-consuming to put together. A group of researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is now working to remedy that using machine learning. https://akpub.io/4qOmbK0

Native Movement, a non-profit advocacy organization, is providing emergency grants of $500-$800 to Alaska Native households impacted by the suspension of SNAP www.nativemovement.org/nm-blog/2025...

In the Bethel area of Western Alaska, the Bethel Food Assistance Facebook page has resources and hours for pick up or drop off of food donations www.facebook.com/p/Bethel-Foo...

@jomalley17.bsky.social www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...

Nerd alert: 936 hPa bomb cyclone (>40 hPa deepening btwn 06 UTC Fri & 06 UTC Sat) expected Saturday AM in the extreme southwest Bering Sea with the center between the Komandorski Islands, Russia and Attu, Alaska. This is not an ex-typhoon. Graphic courtesy Polar Wx/@burgwx.bsky.social #akwx #weather

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Thursday. Continued mild in Southeast. First significant snowstorm of the season in Anchorage. Still cool in Southwest Alaska and mild on the North Slope. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 740,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,500,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 2,120,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,400,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Last month was the mildest October on record for the Arctic, with the North American Arctic especially warm. Details in the latest from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. #akwx #Arctic #Canada #Climate #Autumn2025 @climatologist49.bsky.social alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/october-20...

Big sky tonight in Juneau. #alaskasky

Last month was the mildest October on record for the Arctic, with the North American Arctic especially warm. Details in the latest from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. #akwx #Arctic #Canada #Climate #Autumn2025 @climatologist49.bsky.social alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/october-20...

Really great to see the sea-ice drift climate data now available on #C3S 🙌 Product made by @lavergnetho.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy and Emily 👏 A next step: How would you like to see drift data transformed into a climate indicator? 📈

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Wednesday. Quite mild in most of Southeast. Cooler in Southcentral, with Anchorage's first day this autumn with a high temp below freezing. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

Climate change is upping ocean turbulence at the poles — swirling heat, carbon & nutrients in new ways that could reshape where ocean life thrives. #Arctic #Antarctic www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...

Impressively gray. #akwx @anisian.bsky.social

75-year trend of October temperatures. It's as if something has changed. 🤔

winter setting in

Inside a now collapsed ice cave at the terminus of Canwell Glacier, Alaska. Daylight filters through openings in the ice, revealing the blue glow of the glacier’s interior. Area info in my hiking guide: www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-guide... #alaska #glacier #hiking

August through October 2025 also the warmest on record for the Arctic. Amazingly, more than one third of the entire Arctic had a top-three warmest early autumn season. #akwx #Arctic #Climate

Incredible Arctic heat in October. Highest average temperature on record for land and seas north of 60ºN. In Canada, Yukon Territory and Nunavut second warmest, Northwest Territories third warmest. Alaska and Svalbard fourth warmest. Data courtesy ERA5. #akwx #Arctic #Canada #Climate