Sometimesdylan Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Figured I'd start a thread for up here because the PNW thread gets flooded very quickly. Been a dry last couple days up here featuring a pretty strong inversion. Snow level has been sitting pretty high in Juneau, hope to change that next week. We shall see... In the meantime we're sitting pretty good for Aurora viewing conditions! Here is a photo from last night in front of the Mendenhall Glacier:http://i.imgur.com/XjfjZMy.jpg Since this area covers both the US and Canada, here are some conversion tables from metric to imperial units and such for easy lookup.http://i.imgur.com/dSL1Z1j.png http://i.imgur.com/6O3GrLI.jpg 4 Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Yeah, we were lucky that the weather is so good. We get a lot of good chances to see the aurora but it's usually too cloudy. I've heard that the chances are going to be even better tonight to see it. People as far south as Prince of Whales island (closer to Seattle than Juneau) saw some last night as well. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 This thread is a great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Some more aurora action last night. Got to see them dance. It was just mostly green, but the shimmering/dancing last night was insane. Very active! Now the clouds have rolled in. Looks like rain... Here is a photo I saw on facebook from last night. http://i.imgur.com/8hwHdVy.jpg 1 Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 No problem. Cloudy today. Rain starting tomorrow sometime, probably late. Snow level going to start super high at ~5,000 and probably stay that way for a day or two. Looks like the mountains should start getting plenty of snow later this week. The rain should be good in the long run, though. It will hopefully clear out the hoar frost that can make for bad avalanche conditions once a bunch of snow buries it... Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 The Euro looks wet for the next 6 days. Are there any good webcams around there showing the weather?http://avcams.faa.gov/ my favorite FAA one is the cape spencer web cam. i commercial fish around there in the summer. when the winter and fall storms roll through you can see the big ocean swell. reminds me why i don't want to go out there in the winter hahahttp://i.imgur.com/Jhp1eWA.jpg^cape spencer on an uncommon non-rainy non-cloudy summer day. a couple boats had quit fishing early and we went in to pick strawberries. it was a good berry year this summer. my favorite (i can see this glacier from my back yard)http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/eknuth/2/show.html webcams in my home town:http://www.juneau.com/webcams Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 keeping track of winds and such for avalanche conditions later. looks like the snow level is dropping down to ~1500 feet here. gonna make some good mountain snow, i hope. winds up high look to be having an south + easterly kick to them. exclusively easterly at eaglecrest. GFS meteostar showing NE winds in the higher levels. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedonbye Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 thanks for the pictures they are awesome. I would love to see the northern lights. I have never seen them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Hi everybody ! I am Philippe and live in Whitehorse, Yukon. I am very happy to have discovered this forum, because I think it was missing. I come from France and I settled in the territory 5 1/2 years ago and still report our climate and weather conditions in a French forum ! I am then glad to do the same here and will try to share with you weather conditions and events in the Yukon! So far this winter season has been very mild in the territory. However this morning, Old Crow has been the cold spot in Canada with -39C.The coldest temp at my station has been -17C a week ago. We are however anticipating a drop in the temperatures with maybe with first -20C. That's never too late because rivers and lakes are not completely frozen or it is too thin to use them. I also have a weather station, feel free to visit! Here are some pictures from the past days: The Takhini River, just behind my home. This was this morning while going for a run:http://scontent-a-pao.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xap1/t51.2885-15/10809885_406727086144864_198743276_n.jpg November 16, sunrise: the view from my house:http://photos-h.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xfp1/10735017_747639761991399_1448516044_n.jpg A picture taken on November 9, while the sun was playing with fog patches on Vista Rd:http://photos-h.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xfp1/1388785_1508584976061143_1931656536_n.jpg Talk to you later ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Hello Philippe! Right on! It's so good to see someone a little close by.Hope to make it up to the Chilkat Pass area to do some snowmachining soon if it does not start to snow down here! Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Hi Dylan, this is not as good as last year for the snow in Yukon! How is the winter so far in southern Alaska? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 That is a bummer to hear, I thought all this rain we've been getting would be reaching you guys as snow. It's been warm and wet here, unfortunately . Looks like things are going to cool down a bit in the next couple days. The long range of all the models looks pretty promising but I've had my heart broken so many times. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Yes, it seems it will cool down by the end of this week with, maybe, our first -20 and -25C, here in Whitehorse.In the meantime, this Monday has been sad, foggy and overcast with temps in the -11/-9 range. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Welcome to the forums! Love having posters from this area to see what's going on up there. 1 Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Snow level 1300 feet. We start cooling off on Thursday with daytime temps in the upper 20's. Winds up high are southeast with it switching easterly on wednesday. Had some snow/rain mix today. Hope we can get a little snow action down low before it clears up. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gradient Keeper Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Awesome thread, great idea, and incredible pictures!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 from our forecast discussion this morning. potential for snow at the end of this cold snap. its about 30 degrees outside right now. a little warmer than i expected... but tomorow looks like a lot colder. high wind warning over downtown juneau with gusts of up to 45. this is the infamous "taku wind" mountain wave. might pick up even more as the ridge strengthens. THE WAVE WILL MOVETOWARDS THE PANHANDLE WITH PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING FROM WEST TOEAST SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THETRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM BUT WITH A DEEP COLD AIR MASSDEVELOPING OVER THE PANHANDLE THROUGH THE WEEK THERE IS POTENTIALOF AN OVER RUNNING SNOW EVENT WHICH WOULD PRODUCE THE FIRSTMEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON. BEHIND THIS FIRST WAVE LATE MONDAYINTO TUESDAY SHOULD BE A STRONGER SYSTEM AND FRONTAL BOUNDARYASSOCIATED WITH A LOW IN THE BERING SEA. INDICATIONS THIS SYSTEMWOULD HAVE HIGHER QPF AMOUNTS BUT IT MOVES IN A WARMER AIR MASSAND THIS PRECIP MAY BE MAINLY RAIN. http://www.arh.noaa.gov/wmofcst.php?wmo=FXAK67PAJK&type=public Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Hi everybody, No change here: overcast (or mainly cloudy), low amplitude (in the -11/-15 range), light snow showers.... I miss the sun and colder temperatures.Anyway at least I have the opportunity to keep on running at 6:00 am without challenging difficulties. About the forecast, some light snow this evening, and "it should" clear up tomorrow during the day. I wrote should, while it has been days that models have blue sky in the their forecast, but it seems to be a moving target ! I am waiting for my first -25/-30C of the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bainbridgekid Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Hi everybody, No change here: overcast (or mainly cloudy), low amplitude (in the -11/-15 range), light snow showers.... I miss the sun and colder temperatures.Anyway at least I have the opportunity to keep on running at 6:00 am without challenging difficulties. About the forecast, some light snow this evening, and "it should" clear up tomorrow during the day. I wrote should, while it has been days that models have blue sky in the their forecast, but it seems to be a moving target ! I am waiting for my first -25/-30C of the season.This is awesome. It's in the negative teens and you miss the cold weather. You certainly live in the right place! Looking forward to hearing more of your updates as the winter goes along. 1 Quote Everett Snowfall (510 feet elevation) Snow since February 2019: 91" 2023-24: 6" 2022-23: 17.5" 2021-22: 17.75" 2020-21: 14.5” 2019-20: 10.5" 2018-19: 24.75" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Yes I confirm that it is one of the reason I decided to settle here. And today I got my first -20C of the season, to celebrate this event I did two runs today !Here are some pictures I took during my runs:This morning by -18Chttp://photos-f.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10818070_767279890008717_741378267_n.jpgThis afternoon by -23C:http://photos-d.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xap1/10787835_770135023053507_1552119966_n.jpg http://photos-a.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10817770_820004868037736_676694418_n.jpg I really enjoy running when the air is crispy and the nature frozen! For upcoming days it should warm up a bit with some episodes of light snow. But tomorrow morning, we may get -30C at my place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Getting some snow right now. 2 inches on the ground, probably another 2 or 3 expected. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Here we got 3 cm with 14 cm snow on ground. Here is a picture from yesterday's hike on Grey Mountain's trails (near Whitehorse):http://photos-a.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xpf1/10784951_304478359749968_1140397928_n.jpg For upcoming days temperatures should get a bit milder (close to -5/0 on Tuesday). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 about 6 inches on the ground right now, snowing steady still. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 still going steady! another 2 inches since last time. wohoo winter Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 winds have been fairly calm for this event. strongest gusts of ~15 from the north on sheep mt. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 How much snow do you have on ground? Here are some pictures I took this afternoon while walking the dogs in my subdivision:http://scontent-b-sea.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10817557_1523060571267509_98505408_n.jpg http://scontent-a-sea.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t51.2885-15/10802752_354293851409970_953026405_n.jpg http://scontent-b-sea.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10831975_606719692786960_915431774_n.jpg We now have 14 cm on ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted December 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 about ~10 inches / 25 cm stopped snowing now. east winds up at eaglecrest. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Might pick up another couple more inches tomorrow. 16 degrees outside. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/yMbe7Jg.jpg my snowmachine looked pretty happy today. can't wait to rip around on her! Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Nice picture ! What's the forecast for your place? Here, should be far milder tomorrow (-2/-5C) before it cools down again. No cold snap for the next two weeks however... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Snow in the morning, probably 2-4 inches. High tomorrow around ~35 with snow level at around 1000 ft. Southeast wind 10mph Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/zqEQ3Nx.jpg Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Rain today. Snow level ~1k. Starting to clear up and cool down again. Might get some snow on Saturday before it warms up and the snow level jumps up to 6000 feet for a day (hopefully less!). Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Hi everybody! A quick look at the past week here at my station (temps in Celsius):Today: -17.3/-5.3Saturday: -15.6/-12.8Friday: -17.2/-12.2Thursday: -23.8/-15.6Wednesday: -15.8/-10.8Tuesday: -18.9/-6.8Monday: -25.2/-18.7 The forecast is for milder temperatures for the next days with the wind blowing from southeast. Some light snow possible for Tuesday evening. Here are some pictures:Yesterday, while running in my subdivision:Takhini River:http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10838742_346990942148868_190440078_n.jpg Mountains:http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xfa1/10838501_566875093447500_1078735942_n.jpg Today, while hiking above Fish Lake by -2/-5C and strobg wind gusts:The Yukon River Valley:http://scontent-a-pao.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10817838_292691854273215_203865369_n.jpg Bonneville Lakes at sunset:http://photos-h.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10859953_366429760196247_92236576_n.jpg The ridge to the summit. Snow was blown...http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10848471_1563478853866740_1588432870_n.jpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Thanks Chris! In fact the wilderness is just behind my door. I have kilometers of trails in the woods behind the subdivision, Very mild presently in my place, it didn't freeze at all last night with temperatures rangind between 0.8 and 1.7C... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Yeah, it's pretty warm down here. Snow level is at about 4k feet right now. Looks to cool down a little bit but still stay a bit mild... About 40 degrees outside. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBLANC Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Still mild here. After a short break on Friday and Saturday, wind from southeast is blowing up again and we got -1.4C this afternoon. Here are two pictures I took yesterday in Whitehorse, along the Yukon River:http://scontent-b-pao.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t51.2885-15/10852733_1513885008864219_27429855_n.jpg http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10832029_1376037689361964_1126221499_n.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I love these pictures that you post. I would love to see some more shots of what it looks like around town in the dead of winter.I second this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gradient Keeper Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I love these pictures that you post. I would love to see some more shots of what it looks like around town in the dead of winter.Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I'd like to visit someplace like that in the winter. Just visit though...too cold and dark for me on a full time basis. The drive from the lower 48 to Anchorage in winter is pretty surreal, almost like traveling on Hoth or something. Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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