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Alaska. PhD climatologist. Mooseologist. He/him. Opinions are my own. Mooseologist-in-Charge. Candy corn. https://t.co/dbnVsC9lIN
Mar 12, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Amount of daylight saved by moving to Daylight Saving Time. Now I have to wait until 9 pm for the 00Z GFS to start loading. 10 p.m. for the ECMWF. The horror!
Mar 11, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Map showing the consecutive 3-month period that has warmed the most during the last 75 years. This is the amount that the fastest warming consecutive 3-month period has warmed.
Jul 31, 2021 17 tweets 5 min read
🧵 A thread of maps showing the average number of days per year with low temperatures in 10°F categories; e.g., days per year with lows in the 50°Fs. First up, days per year in the -50°Fs. 1/15 Days per year with a low temperature in the -40°Fs. 2/15
Jul 31, 2021 18 tweets 5 min read
🧵 A thread of maps showing the average number of days per year with high temperatures in 10°F categories; e.g., days per year with highs in the 70°Fs. First up, days per year in the 110°Fs. 1/16 Days per year with a high temperature in the 100°Fs. 2/16
Jun 19, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Oh. Looks behind to see bears on the path I just went through and that is the only way back. 😬🐻 Image Well that was a stressful trek back down. The path down is through a progressively narrowing avalanche chute. The last that I saw the bears, they were heading down the chute.
Feb 11, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
I'll stay inside. Update.
Jan 21, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
60-year change in annual temperatures. 🔥 60-year change in annual precipitation.
Jan 20, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Jan 19, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Winter update! The latest cloud (model) forecast shows that Punxsutawney Phil will not see his shadow. It's going to be an early Spring folks. Plan accordingly. #LockItIn Image Is there some sort of award for using a Day 12 model output to forecast a rodent's shadow? Asking for me.
Feb 21, 2020 14 tweets 10 min read
Last week, I pulled every Feb 29 daily climate record (temp/precip/snow/snow depth) for every station in the U.S. and Canada. Expect to hear more about this in the coming week. 😀 @Junah_B @Junah_B The coldest U.S. Canada temp ever measured on a Feb 29th was -66°F at Hughes, Alaska, in 1956. #akwx @AlaskaWx 2/