15 May 2014

Interesting Weather We're Having

A couple of local outlets are saying we could have record warmth in Anchorage today, calling for highs in the 70s. Most are predicting mid-60s, though. With forecasts varying by 10 degrees, there's a degree of uncertainty. (See what I did there?)

Meanwhile, this list appears on the local NBC affiliate's homepage:

12 areas are now under advisories, watches or severe weather warnings.

Anchorage, the Mat-Su Borough (north of us), and the Kenai Peninsula (south of us) were under a "red flag warning", with warm/dry/windy conditions leading to extreme danger of wildfires, until midnight. Since it hasn't rained, it's hard to understand why the warning is no longer in effect.


Nobody's objecting to warm, sunny weather, though. After an Alaskan winter, most of us crave the long hours of our summer daylight. Gotta get that Vitamin D, ya know.

6 comments:

ProudHillbilly said...

When they fix the OMG-WE-ARE-ALL-GONNA-DIE climate change thing they ought to install a function where we could have sort of a cap and trade for weather. We've had a lot of rain and really don't need anymore right now, so we could share our wet and you could share the dry from the fire hazard area.

Rev. Paul said...

Not a bad suggestion, ma'am. Given the collective hubris demonstrated by the Congresscritters, it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to legislate the weather itself.

PioneerPreppy said...

Sigh once again looks like we have the Alaska temps down here.

Of course at the most in opportune time imaginable.

Rev. Paul said...

Preppy, just remember what John Lennon wrote: "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans."

Cathy said...

Those fires in CA . . . .
Do you get conditions like that in Alaska?
I always think of Alaska as lush and green.

Rev. Paul said...

Yes, Cathy. Summer of '04, we had nearly 7 million acres burned. Of course, it never made the evening news in the Lower 48, because "it's only Alaska".