Un peu de couleur pour contrer la grisaille, et bonne rentrée à celles et ceux qui la font!
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The Alaska climate summary for May is now posted in the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. As usual, lots of regional variability but more cool and wet than not. @Climatologist49

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/alaska-may-2025-climate-summary

There was less sun this past Spring in most of Southeast and parts of southwest Alaska than any other spring since the late 1970s. Most of Southcentral was sun-limited too. In contrast, Northwest Arctic Borough and portions of the North Slope coast had much more sunshine than usual. Data from ERA5 and analysis and plotting courtesy @Climatologist49

May has been a very rainy month in Southeast Alaska, with most places seeing 1.5 to 3 times normal rainfall through the first 25 days of the month. Quite variable elsewhere, though very little data in western Alaska. Base graphic from the NOAA funded High Plains Regional Climate Center with some modifications for data QC. #akwx #Climate #Spring2025 @SilverSalmonAK @seachanger

The transition of winter to summer happens quickly in the Arctic, with the loss of snowpack and sea ice leading the way. I've got an update on where things stand this year in that annual cycle with a new post on the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. @Climatologist49

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/late-may-2025-snow-and-ice-update

Here we go. The Crooked Fire at 15 acres west of Central, Alaska. Cause is undetermined. #AKWildfire #Spring2025 #akwx #wildfire
@Climatologist49 @BakerRL75 @anisian
https://akfireinfo.com/2025/05/17/blm-afs-smokejumpers-make-seasons-first-jump-on-wildfire-near-central/

Lovely mid-May morning at Nome on Tuesday. Sunshine, some ice chunks drifting by. At 9am AKDT 37F (2.8C), east wind 10 mph. Webcam image courtesy Nome CVB. #akwx #Spring2025 @Jdnome @Climatologist49

Snow melt is progressing across Alaska and vicinity at low elevations. The Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) from the National Ice Center and NSIDC for May 10 shows snow-free ground now appearing in the Yukon Flats and up the Koyukuk River valley. North Slope and most of Northwest Arctic Borough snow melt has barely started, if at all. #akwx #Spring2025 #Snow @Climatologist49

Ice broke on the Kuskokwim River at Bethel at 410pm AKDT Monday. This is five days earlier than the average break-up date over the past 50 years. The typical break-up nowadays is 8 days earlier than it was in the 1920s. #akwx #Spring2025 @Climatologist49