Wheezer

Bering is down 21% from it peak in mid Feb. And conditions going forward not great. But it did manage to get to the highest level since 2013

Rather quick decline since last Bering visit and forecast is for warm winds to dominate for a time

Wonderful articles that in today's world the authors would be labeled nothing short of the D word. Imagine them thinking climate variability and climate cycles are the causes of climate change.

It may increase the odds, but not the chances, big difference

New £800m coal-fired power plant greenlit in China's Zhejiang province branded 'wasteful and counter-productive' NEWS.SKY.COM Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, but Zhejiang Energy Group claims the project will aid the province's low-carbon transition. An analyst says China's clean energy growth is...

https://mobile.twitter.com/MesoMax919/status/1469548501021376515/photo/1

Kentucky governor said at least 70 and more likely over 100 deaths in KY

Storminess the first week in December resulted in a 30% decrease in Bering Sea sea ice extent in five days in @NSIDC multi-sensor high-resolution MASIE data. However, #seaice extent still well above the 15-year median 8th ranked coldest November on record for the state. KNOM

From Sunday, NOAA Severe storm overnight over western Alaska. Wind sensors have failed at many FAA automated stations, but winds that have been recorded thru 6am AKST Sunday include 99mph at Tin City, 75mph at Savoonga, 67mph Hooper Bay, 59mph Shishmaref and 57mph at Nome.

Red-ish colors show winds at gale force or higher at 3am AKST Sunday. This will bring widespread blizzards and significantly impact sea ice in the eastern Bering Sea . Tropical Tidbits

utq_latest_anim.mp4 Sea ice radar

Canadian November departures slightly above normal for most of the country with the Hudson Bay area highest at 4.8 , hence the slow ice growth there Chukchi Sea November average daily #seaice extent was the highest since 2001 in @NSIDC

Probably won't here much about November Alaskan cold other than this thread. Not only Top ten coldest on record for many , but top 5 coldest for a few and numero uno for a couple ever recorded at these observation posts

Alaska November temperature departures from normal. Some very impressive numbers especially the western half of the state

A months worth of ice. Hudson Bay continues to be the largest deficit. Being relatively shallow though it shouldn't take long to catch up over the next few weeks

A new submarine eruption started at Iliwerung volcano, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia at 13:52 UTC (21:52 WITA) on November 28, 2021, and lasted about 1 hour. As a result, the Alert Level was raised from 1 (Normal) to 2 (Alert) at 02:00 UTC on November 29. The activity started again at 21:17 UTC and continued through the morning. "Eruptions and bubbles were observed in the southern waters around the Iliwerung Volcano Complex," PVMBG said in a press release on November 29.1 "This incident has resulted in rising sea levels. According to residents' reports, the sea level rose at night on November 28, with a height of less than 1 m (3.3 feet) and an inundation distance of about 30 m (98 feet)." Iliwerung Volcano Observatory reported ash plume rising approximately 100 m (33 feet) above sea level at 00:29 UTC on November 29. This activity is taking place about 1 km (0.62 miles) south of the Hobal submarine volcano.

Bethel AK record low temperature of -27F (-32.8C) for Nov 28th was tied Sunday morning. The lowest November temp on record is -31F (-35.0C) on Nov 30, 1939. That could be tied or broken Monday morning. King SALMON AK tied the record November all time low of -28. (1917, 1988)

A good chunk of western Alaska is threatening the record for all time cold November's. Bering Sea Ice continues to be the highest extent to date since 2012. A brief late week warm up opening Dec should slow growth temporarily.

Nome dropped to -21F (-29.4C) Saturday morning (not a daily record). This is earliest "first -20F" or lower temp in the winter since 1994 and the tenth earliest in the past 113 years. KNOM news

KNOM NEWS Western Alaska chill: Thanksgiving Day 2021 in Nome was the second coldest on record, high -2F, low -16F, and is only the 3rd Thanksgiving since 1907 with a high temp below 0F. Bethel had the third coldest since 1923, high -1F, low -12F.