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Alaska. PhD climatologist. Mooseologist. Climooseologist™. He/him. Opinions are my own. Mooseologist-in-Charge. Link to moose/snow:

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Joined December 2014
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The sun just set in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. It will rise again in 65 days. Good night.
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Alaskans. Send me your eclipse photos.
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9 months
The average President/Ex-President has been changed with 2 felonies over the course of U.S. history. 🇺🇸
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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
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The sun just set in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, for the year. The next sunrise is in 66 days (Jan 23rd). Good night.
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Amount of daylight saved by moving to Daylight Saving Time.
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5 years
As I suspected, presidential impeachments typically occur at the bottom of 11-year solar cycles. #analysis
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5 years
Map showing the favorite Thanksgiving Day pie by region. Discuss.
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Neighborhood lake with cracks from the M7 earthquake. The ice is 8" thick.
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Favorite Thanksgiving Day pie by region.
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6 months
Was able to capture this photo of a moose watching a tornado earlier this summer. DM for licensing prices.
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annnnd it's gone. The sun has set in Utqiaġvik. It will rise again at 1:17 p.m. on January 22, 2021. Good night. @AlaskaWx
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Merry Moosemas. 🎄
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2 years
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).
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More than half of people had their window shade closed. Sad.
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The evolution of average (normal) daily precipitation throughout the year.
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Merry Moosemas
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3 years
Tracking the location where the normal high temperature is 70°F throughout the year.
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1 year
It was a good aurora last night, as seen from Anchorage.
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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.
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Getting above the freezing fog layer never gets old. Temp is +2F.
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Fireball looking north from Anchorage, Alaska, at 5:47 a.m.
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3 years
As crazy as today was, I saw three moose. This guy was amazing.
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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:
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3 years
I hadn't planned on updating this chart of presidential impeachments vs. sunspot activity, but here we are.
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5 years
As I suspected, presidential impeachments typically occur at the bottom of 11-year solar cycles. #analysis
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🚨 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. 🔥🔥🔥
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By age 30, you should have experienced all of the 23 warmest years on record and 0 of the coldest years on record. 🔥
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California, Nevada, Oregon and even a sliver of Idaho in a tropical cyclone probability cone in 2023 before Florida. Totally normal.
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First time our doorbell camera was triggered by aurora (2 days ago).
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5 years
The . dog . ate . my . kids' . homework. 10/10 @dog_rates
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Normal daily high temps throughout the year.
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5 months
I'm calling for a total, and complete shutdown of whatever this is until we figure out what the Hell is going on.
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6 months
After discussing it with my family, I have decided to not to continue moving forward along this trail. I will not be taking questions at this time.
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3 years
Worst case scenario for Alaska. #Elsa
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1 year
The purple areas show where you probably won't survive the upcoming cold snap. RIP.
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2 years
Hours of daylight on the summer solstice.
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Snowflake perfection.
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Hottest months on record globally (1940-2023). July 2023 is in a league of its own. 🔥🔥🔥
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RIP snow family carrot noses.
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Trying to talk an anti-vaxxer into getting vaccinated is the same experience that climate scientists have had for over 20 years.
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2 years
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. 🔵
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🚨 BREAKING: 2023 shattered the record for warmest year. What else is there to say? 🔥🔥🔥
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I'll stay inside.
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Underwater bear tracks in Portage Creek. Photo from Twitterless friend Missy Walters.
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Happy Clean Air Day in Canada for those who celebrate.
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2 years
Just took this picture of the rising full moon.
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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.
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Final version of the annual precipitation animation. This one is centered on the Contiguous U.S. and shows the stations used to make the map.
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Hours of daylight on the Summer Solstice.
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Extremely good visibility today around noon. This is Mt. Redoubt from about 110 miles away.
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2 years
It's the first day of mooseological winter.
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1 year
Merry Moosemas. 🎄
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1 year
Area bears walking down local Anchorage street a few minutes ago. 🐻🐻🐻🐻 (photo credit: E. Holloway)
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4 years
Looks like it's time to repost this map of states with their size scaled to their moose population. 🦌
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6 months
Precipitation for the first half of November. Seems bad.
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2 years
Find the eruption. 🌋
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Solar noon in Anchorage on the winter solstice.
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New moose just dropped.
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Change in annual temperatures since #Barbie was introduced in 1959.
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@MichaelRLowry @COweatherman A reliable source sent me this photo.
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2 years
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.
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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
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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. 🔥
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The last 12 months are the warmest on record globally. Probably the warmest anytime in the last tens of thousands of years. ☹️
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Summer Outlook just dropped. 🔥
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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.
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48.2" of snow at the house in the last 10 days. I'm ready for a break. ❄️
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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. 🔥🔥🔥
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4 years
Hello world!
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10 months
F*ck.
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3 years
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.
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3 years
Good morning snow covered Anchorage. ❄️
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Map showing the peak season for fall colors. 🍂
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5 years
Some personal news. The Key Lime States of America hate me.
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4 years
Daily normal precipitation throughout the year.
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9 months
I posted this on Truth Social and it hasn't been Retruthed once. Have I been shadow banned?
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Uncommonly clear river ice. The rocks visible under the ice are ~5' under my feet.
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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.]
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1 year
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.
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Hours of daylight on the summer solstice. 😎
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Christmas 2023 is cancelled.
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3 years
People riding the Turnagain Arm bore tide.
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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. 🐕
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Moonrise over Anchorage.
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The sun rose this morning in parts of eastern Alaska before it finished setting in parts of western Alaska. @capture907 @AlaskaWx
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500 mb height rankings for July 2023 compared to all Julys since 1940. Dark red indicated record heights. Seems bad. 🔥🔥
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2 years
Daylight saved: 0 minutes.
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9 months
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.
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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
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Annual sunrise/sunset times.
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3 years
Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday. Daylight saved = 0.
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1 year
Each state overlaid on Alaska.
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Merry Christmas morning from Anchorage, Alaska.
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Kinda speechless about what I've seen tonight.
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Size of states according to moose population.
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New England & Florida.
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I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown of the North Pacific upper ridge until we figure out what the Hell is going on.
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5 years
Map showing the difference (range) between the highest heat index and lowest wind chill of 2019 through July 24th.
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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.
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