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Alaska Issues Historic Heat Advisory

Is Alaska Getting Warmer? Why the State’s Heat Advisories Are Historic

Is Alaska getting warmer? State officials issue heat advisories as the National Weather Service changes the way high temperatures are handled.

Grist · 23h

Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory

In the high glare of a summer evening in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ciara Santiago watched the mercury climb. A meteorologist at the National Weather Service office, she had the dubious honor of issuing the state’s first-ever official heat advisory as temperatures were expected to hit the mid-80s.

NBC New York · 5d

The National Weather Service issues Alaska's first ever heat advisory

It’s not the first instance of unusually high temperatures in Alaska, but using the heat advisory label could help convey the weather’s severity.

7don MSN

Alaska Issued With First Ever Heat Advisory

Alaska has been issued its first ever heat advisory by the National Weather Service (NWS) as an unusual surge of high ...

4don MSN

Alaska just issued its first-ever heat advisory. Here’s why.

For the first time, the state known for glaciers, dogsledding and northern lights issued a heat advisory, with Fairbanks ...

New York Post6d

National Weather Service issues Alaska’s first ever heat advisory

The National Weather Service’s switch from special weather ... and they could be dangerous because Alaska is not used to high temperatures like these,” said Alekya Srinivasan, a Fairbanks ...

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