Sea surface temperatures around Alaska for the week ending October 2 feature water warmer the normal in the open Gulf of Alaska but near normal near the coast. Western and northern Bering Sea warm but southeast Bering remains cool. Mostly below normal north of the Bering Strait although above normal near the Alaskan coast. Data from NOAA/PSL/ESRL. @Climatologist49@fediscience.org @ZLabe@fediscience.org #akwx #Arctic #SST