The Crooked Fire west of Central looks like it is under control according to a late Saturday evening report from the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. @anisian @BakerRL75

Fairbanks Airport up to 65F for the first time this year as of 6pm AKDT Saturday. This is nine days later than average date of the "first 65" over the past 50 years. #akwx #weather #Spring2025 @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @tomhewittnews.bsky.social

Fairbanks Airport up to 65F for the first time this year as of 6pm AKDT Saturday. This is 9 days later than average date of the "first 65" over the past 50 years. #akwx #weather #Spring2025 @anisian @Climatologist49

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/

Scenes from the #garden

First bud on the cherry tomatoes.

Got two sunflowers planted.

Goji is going nuts, but I don't know if I'll get fruit this year.

April is typically a (comparatively) sunny and dry month in Alaska, but not this year. Details in the latest post from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. @Climatologist49

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/a-wet-april-in-alaska

Fairly strong storm for mid-May hitting the Kodiak and Bristol Bay area Wednesday. Through 3pm AKDT peak winds include 60 mph at King Salmon, 48 mph at New Stuyahok and 47 mph at Kodiak Airport (52 mph at Kodiak Harbor). Analysis courtesy ECCC. #akwx #Spring2025 @Climatologist49

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

Low elevation snow melt progressing across Alaska and vicinity. The May 10 IMS analysis from the National Ice Center shows snow-free ground appearing in the Yukon Flats and up the Koyukuk River valley. North Slope and most of NW Arctic Borough snow melt has barely started. #akwx #Spring2025 #Snow

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

NWS Fairbanks reported "green-up" on Chena Ridge near Fairbanks on Saturday. This is six days later than last year but very close to the 50-year median. There is no long term trend in green-up date over that time. #akwx #Spring2025 @Climatologist49 @mivox @anisian @debmcqueen

Nice to have the Utqiaġvik sea ice cam back online. Wednesday mostly sunny at 7pm, 25F and northeast wind 15 mph. Open water visible at the edge of the fast ice on the left side of the image. #akwx #Spring2025
@cinderbdt @Climatologist49

The April climate summary for the Arctic is now posted in the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. Sea ice extent did not rank as low as over the winter despite it being the eighth mildest April since 1950. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/arctic-april-2025-climate-summary

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

The ice in Kuskokwim River at Bethel is still holding Monday morning but the tripod has tipped over. The typical date of break-up over the past 30 years is about May 10. Photo courtesy Kuskokwim Ice Classic. #akwx #Spring2025 @Climatologist49

For Fairbanks folks: our little green-up model as of Sunday morning shows a 53 percent chance that West Chena Ridge green-up will be May 9, 10 or 11 (and a 28 percent between today and Thursday). Those with birch allergies, take heed: pollen release typically starts a few days before green-up and peaks a few days after green-up. #akwx #Spring2025