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SUMMARY:April NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
DESCRIPTION:Download Webinar Transcript\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Rick Thoman\, Climate Specialist\, AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness \n\n\n\nDuring this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing\, Rick will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska\, discuss forecasting tools\, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for May and the early summer.  Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
URL:https://uaf-accap.org/event/apr2026-alaska-climate-outlook/
CATEGORIES:NWS Climate Outlook Briefing
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SUMMARY:Alaska Spring River Breakup Outlook
DESCRIPTION:Download Webinar Transcript\n\n\n\nSpeakers: Kyle Van Peursem (NWS Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center) and Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness) \n\n\n\n\nTune in for the latest update and outlook on river ice breakup across Alaska this spring. Will this spring bring the threat of impactful ice jams associated with a more dynamic breakup\, or are we looking at a milder breakup with a lower risk of flooding? Kyle Van Peursem of the NWS Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center will review breakup basics and provide an overview of current conditions statewide. ACCAP Alaska Climate Specialist Rick Thoman will discuss the latest subseasonal outlooks that help inform the NWS’s official breakup outlook and forecasts.
URL:https://uaf-accap.org/event/river-breakup-2026/
CATEGORIES:ACCAP Climate Webinar
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SUMMARY:VAWS - Exploring Alaska’s Weather and Environment through Online Courses from COMET MetEd
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Amy Stevermer\, Scientist\, and Patrick Dills\, Scientist\, The COMET Program\, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research \n\n\n\nAbout the webinar: Alaska is a place of remote areas and harsh environmental conditions\, where conventional weather observations (surface\, upper air\, and radar) are often not available or are limited for adequately depicting weather phenomena. This presentation highlights online training courses offered through COMET’s MetEd website\, providing up-to-date information about capabilities and products for meeting high-latitude observation challenges. Satellite imagery and other products address needs for detecting and monitoring weather and environmental conditions and for improving forecasts that help mitigate the risks posed by hazards\, including extreme cold\, high winds\, wildfires\, changing sea ice conditions\, storms\, and both coastal and inland flooding. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBios: Amy Stevermer is a scientist and program lead at UCAR/COMET. She is involved in efforts to develop e-learning across multiple Earth system science topics and is committed to expanding overall environmental and science literacy for audiences from local to global. She brings a background in atmospheric sciences and technical communication to projects aimed at helping people effectively use weather\, water\, and climate information. \n\n\n\nPatrick Dills is a scientist and meteorologist with The COMET Program in Boulder\, Colorado\, where he has contributed deep knowledge on satellite products and their use over the past 30+ years. In his role\, Patrick provides guidance and satellite remote sensing expertise to COMET online lessons and courses that focus on satellite capabilities and applications for operational forecasters\, as well as other interested users and learners.
URL:https://uaf-accap.org/event/vaws-comet-meted-courses/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Alaska Weather Symposium
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SUMMARY:Tracking Green-up in Alaska’s Boreal Forest
DESCRIPTION:Download Webinar Transcript\n\n\n\nSpeakers: Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness)\, Jan Dawe (OneTree) and Susan Harry (University of Alaska Fairbanks) \n\n\n\n\nGreen-up\, when leaves burst forth from Alaska’s deciduous trees\, has important implications for the seasonal ecology\, society and even meteorology in the state. Sap starts flowing in birch trees\, leading to tapping and turning the sap into delicious treats. It is rapidly followed by pollen release\, which is a health issue for many Alaskans. Fairbanks has a unique multi-decadal record of green-up dates that’s been used to develop a technique for forecasting green-up and related events in the Interior and more broadly in the boreal forest regions in Alaska. This webinar will be the seventh annual review of the green-up forecasting tools and will provide a look-ahead at green-up for Spring 2026. One Tree will demonstrate citizen science-outreach tools for birch tappers and others.
URL:https://uaf-accap.org/event/green-up-2026/
CATEGORIES:ACCAP Climate Webinar
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