annnnnnd it's gone. The sun just set in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, at 1:44 p.m. AKST. It will rise again at 1:26 p.m. on January 22nd (65 days from today).
@AlaskaWx
The pressure wave from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption arrived here in Anchorage at 3:30 a.m. AKST. This is exactly 7 hours after the eruption. The volcano is 5,820 miles away (9,360 km). That means it travelled at 830 mph (1,340 kmh).
Another all-time Canada record today. Lytton, British Columbia, was 49.6°C (121°F) this afternoon. Here's a map of station in the U.S. and Canada that have ever been as warm as Lytton was today.
You asked for it, and here it is. The most popular map (by far) that I have ever made is now updated using 1991-2020 climate data. The 13,909-mile year-long road trip that follows the 70°F (21°C) high temperature value. Enjoy. Accompanying write-up:
🚨 BREAKING. July 2023 was the hottest month on record for the Earth in the modern era - and likely the hottest month in the last tens or hundreds of thousands of years. It was a whopping 0.33C warmer than the next warmest month. This is a climate crisis. 🔥🔥🔥
It's time to stop celebrating above normal winter temperatures. Every cold day we can squeeze out of our warming world keeps the planet liveable a little while longer. What matters more, personal comfort or a habitable planet? Let's normalize cold being a good thing. Thanks. 🔵
Not sure who needs to see this, but the 1930s were MUCH cooler than the 2020s globally. In fact, the 1930s were cooler than the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. Hope that helps.
In the Supreme Court case today, "self-defense" was mentioned 56 times by the majority. Not sure who needs to hear this, but bringing a handgun into your house for self-defense purposes makes you less safe, not more safe. Guns as a safety instrument is not supported by data.
annnnnnd it's gone. The sun just set in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, at 1:50 p.m. AKST. It will rise again on January 23rd, 2020. Good night.
@AlaskaWx
@IARC_Alaska
BREAKING: Not only were the June sea surface temperatures (SSTs) the warmest for any June on record, but the June departure from the 20th Century average was the largest for any month on record. 🔥
The National Blend of Models (NBM) is forecasting 3.79" of rain for Death Valley, California, over a 3-day period. None of the climate stations in Death Valley National Park have ever recorded even 50% of that amount in a 3-day period in over a century of records.
December 2023 was the warmest December on record for the Contiguous U.S. by a wide margin using Prism Climate Group data. It was 0.67°F (0.37°C) warmer than December 2021. 🔥🔥🔥
Hot take: extreme events are not "caused" by climate change. Climate change affects the probability of occurrence and affects the antecedent conditions; e.g., Pacific NW heat dome.
The march of the seasons v.1. Precipitation. Daily normal precipitation for every day of the year. [Note: daily normal (or average) precipitation is not ideal when normal monthly precipitation is under 2". Median is better.]
Not sure who needs to hear this, but it's the guns. Period. Guns for personal protection do not make you safer. They make you and me less safe. A recent study showed that U.S. life expectancy is 2 years shorter than it otherwise would be - just because of guns.
Perhaps the only sporting event currently occurring in the U.S. is the Iditarod. An event that honors the transport of life-saving medicines for a communicable disease. 🐕
Observations on a day where I blocked ~200 climate deniers:
1) Most had blue check marks.
2) Accounts are completely interchangeable. Their accounts are mostly right wing propaganda, anti-vaccine, Fox News.
3) They share the same embarrassingly bad charts/graphs.
4) Bad spelling.
The sun rose in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, this morning at 2:46 a.m. AKDT. It will set in 85 days. They celebrated with a record high temperature of 36°F.
@AlaskaWx
New block criteria just dropped. If you argue that Barrow, Alaska, changing their name to Utqiaġvik, Alaska, in 2016 was "wrong", or "stupid", or "woke", you get blocked. No questions asked.