MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JANUARY 2017

DATA | STATISTICS | GRAPHS | CONDITIONS

CONDITIONS DAY of Month: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

                     
NAME: 3270 Nowell   CITY: West Juneau   STATE: Alaska 
ELEV:    97 ft  LAT: 58° 17' 33" N  LONG: 134° 25' 37" W


TEMPERATURE (°F), RAIN  (in), WIND SPEED (mph), SNOW (in). Snowfall from 21:00 - 21:00, all others Midnight to Midnight.

                                      HEAT  COOL        AVG                      WIND       SNOW        
    MEAN                              DEG   DEG         WIND                DOM  RUN        ON(1)       
DAY TEMP  HIGH   TIME   LOW    TIME   DAYS  DAYS  RAIN  SPEED HIGH   TIME   DIR  (mi)  SNOW GRND WEATHER
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 1  27.7  32.2  12:25p  24.4   2:15a  37.3   0.0  0.00   0.4  13.0   3:45p  NNW*  9.04  0.0   3" Clr Cd FewBrk Cd PCd MCd MClr PCdVryThn MClr MCd Clr
 2  26.4  30.3   2:50p  24.3   1:35a  38.6   0.0  0.00   0.0   5.0   2:15p  NNW*  0.40  0.0   3" Clr MClr M-PCdW/VryVryThn-ThnCds Clr Clr-OccPtchyFog
 3  26.1  27.9  11:50p  24.0   7:40p  38.9   0.0  0.00   0.0   2.0  12:25p  NNW*  0.00  0.0   3" VarFog-CdSky&VarFog Clr MClr PCd Fog-Cdy&MnlndHidden
 4  27.8  29.7  12:30p  22.8  12:00m  37.2   0.0 TRACE   0.0   4.0   2:05a  NNW*  0.24 TRCE   3" Fog-CdW/LoCd FewTnyFlks-VryVryLtSn-LoCd Cd-Brks&Filt
 5  26.7  32.0   1:30p  22.2  12:35a  38.3   0.0  0.00   0.5  18.0  11:30p  WSW  12.39  0.0   3" Cd-VarFiltBrks Cd Cd-Brks MCd PCd VarCdW/BrksToMClr
 6  28.6  29.9   3:40p  25.7  11:45p  36.4   0.0  0.00   9.9  56.0   6:20p    E 237.48  0.0  3.5 VarBrks/OccLt-Brz-Gsts OccVarBrks&M-PCd/Wndy-VryWndy
 7  22.9  26.6  11:45p  19.4   5:10p  42.1   0.0  0.00   3.7  36.0   1:00a  WSW  89.84  0.0  3.5 Clr AM:Lt-Brzy-(WndyFewTimes)W/Gsts&ThenOcc MClr Clr
 8  27.7  31.5  11:50p  24.0   3:00p  37.3   0.0  0.00   4.2  32.0   9:55p    E 101.11  0.0 MISS ClrW/OccLt-BrzyWnd-Gsts Clr ClrW/OccLt-BrzyWnd-Gsts
 9  26.2  31.6  12:15a  19.4   9:20p  38.8   0.0  0.00   2.9  35.0   1:00a    E  69.20  0.0  2.5 Clr/Lt-Brzy-Wndy Clr Clr/Lt-Brzy Clr VarClr-MClr Clr
10  23.8  36.2  12:25p  18.7  11:55p  41.2   0.0  0.00   0.5  13.0  11:50a    W  11.05  0.0  2.5 Clr VarClr-MClr&FewCds Clr-OccCds MClr PCd-MClr MClr
11  22.3  28.9  10:00p  16.5   8:20a  42.7   0.0  0.00   0.0  10.0   9:45p    W   1.08  0.0  2.3 Clr Clr-FewCds Clr-SomeCldsToS IncrCd Cd-Brks Cd
12  33.3  37.1  10:05p  28.1  12:25a  31.7   0.0  0.14   0.7  10.0   1:50a  SSE  16.16  1.0   3" Cd-MnlndMostHiddenAM/VarSn Cd/VarSp-MstToVryLtR/Lull
13  38.4  40.5  10:10p  36.9   5:40a  26.6   0.0  1.02   3.4  24.0   4:15p  SSE  81.22  0.0  1.5 Cd/VryLtRn-LtRn-Rn-Spr Lt-BrzyWind-OccGsts
14  40.9  42.0   7:10a  40.0  12:05a  24.1   0.0  0.72   1.6  20.0  12:35a  SSE  38.19  0.0  0.5 Cd/VarSprToRn/FewLulls
15  40.9  42.9   9:50p  39.0   5:20p  24.1   0.0  0.65   2.0  25.0   9:45p  SSE  47.82  0.0 TRCE Cd/VryLtMst-SpToLtR/Lull/Rn-Drz/Rn OccLt-BryWnd-Gsts
16  40.8  42.6  12:05a  36.4  11:15p  24.2   0.0  1.52   2.4  24.0   4:15a  SSE  57.92  0.0  0.0 Cd/Rn&HvyRn-Rn-Lt-VryLtRn-Sp-Drz-R FreqLtWndUntilEve
17  35.9  37.7   1:30p  34.3  11:15p  29.1   0.0  0.02   0.2   7.0  10:30a  WNW   4.08  0.0  0.0 Cd/OccSpr-VryLtRn Cd Cd-OccBrks-FiltBrks-HntsBlu Cd
18  35.8  39.8  12:00m  33.4   6:25a  29.2   0.0  0.15   0.2   9.0   8:10a  WNW   4.18  0.0  0.0 Cd Cd/FewFiltBrks MCd Cd-FewFiltBrk Cd/VarSpToRn
19  35.6  41.0   3:35a  31.8  12:00m  29.4   0.0  0.25   0.7  16.0   4:45a  SSE  17.32  0.3  0.3 Cd/Rn Cd-OccTnyBrks/OccSp PCd Cd-OccVarBrks Cd/VarSn
20  26.4  31.9  12:05a  21.2   7:00p  38.6   0.0 TRACE   1.6  16.0   2:40a    W  37.91  0.6  0.6 Cd/VarSn Cd-Brks P-MCd Clr-OccFewCds Clr OccLt-Brzy
21  26.2  28.1  10:35a  22.4   8:30p  38.8   0.0  0.00   3.0  26.0   9:25a    E  71.99  0.0  0.4 FreqLt-Brzy-Gsts VarM-PCdW/VryVryThnThnshCd MClr-PCd
22  28.1  33.2  11:35p  22.7   7:15a  36.9   0.0  0.00   0.3   9.0  12:25p    W   5.94  0.0  0.2 PCd-MClr MCd PMCd Cd-VarBrks P-MCd MCd Cd-TnyBrks Cd
23  34.1  35.5   1:15p  32.7   6:50p  30.9   0.0  0.15   0.7  12.0   7:50a  SSE  16.89  1.4  1.3 Cd Cd/VarSnW/Lulls Cd Cd/SnToFewTnyFlks&SpOnce/Lulls
24  38.8  42.1   8:55p  34.2  12:55a  26.2   0.0  0.64   4.1  21.0   6:40a  SSE  98.12  0.5  0.0 Cd/Sn/VarRn Cd/Sp Cd FreqLt-BrzyWnd Cd/VarSp-MstToRn
25  41.2  42.0   2:20p  40.4   2:55a  23.8   0.0  0.20   2.7  19.0   1:20a  SSE  65.20  0.0  0.0 Cd/VryLtSprToRn OccLtWind Cd Cd/SprToRn Cd/OccSpr
26  41.6  45.2   9:50p  38.6   9:30p  23.4   0.0  0.32   2.5  19.0   5:45a  SSE  60.96  0.0  0.0 Cd/.01R Lt-Brzy Cd/VarSp-Rn Cd-TnyBrks Cd/Shrs:SpToR
27  41.5  44.1  12:35p  37.5   8:10p  23.5   0.0  0.39   2.3  28.0  10:20p  SSE  55.76  0.0  0.0 Cd/SpToRn Lt-Brzy-Gst Cd VarBrks Cd-OccSp Cd/Rn Wndy
28  41.2  43.6   7:05a  36.7  11:55p  23.8   0.0  0.47   1.9  25.0   9:55a  SSE  44.65  0.0  0.0 Cd/RnToSp Lt-Brz-Gst Cd/OccSp-LtR Cd-VarBrk Cd/SpToR
29  35.0  37.4  11:50a  31.7  12:00m  30.0   0.0  0.07   0.3   8.0   3:30p  WSW   8.13  0.2  0.1 Cd/VryLtR-SnPell VarBrksMCd OCcBrks/OccSnPell-SnShrs
30  28.7  35.0  12:00p  23.1  11:15p  36.3   0.0 TRACE   0.3   8.0   4:55p    W   6.55  0.1  0.0+VarCd/Sn PCd Clr-FewCds PCd MClr Var:Cd-Brks/PCd Clr
31  28.3  32.4  12:45p  22.5   2:00a  36.7   0.0  0.00   0.3  10.0   8:15p    W   6.41  0.0  0.0+IncrCd Cd Cd-FewBrks MCd Clr-MClr Clr LtWnd Clr-MClr 
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    32.2  45.2    26    16.5    11  1016.1   0.0  6.71   1.7  56.0     6   SSE 1276.96  4.1

(1) As measured on Front Lawn at around 20:30, rounded to the nearest inch if there is uncertainty.
*Wind Direction Vane was Frozen at NNW from Jan. 1 to 1:30 PM Jan. 5. 
STATISTICS | DATA | GRAPHS | CONDITIONS - DAY of MONTH: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31| TOP 
AVERAGE Mean Temp:	32.2
AVERAGE High Temp:	35.8
MINIMUM High Temp:	26.6	7th
MAXIMUM High Temp:	45.2	26th
AVERAGE Low Temp:	28.5
MINIMUM Low Temp:	16.5	11th
MAXIMUM Low Temp:	40.4	25th
LOWEST Wind Chill Temp: 12.0	7th @ 0047 (based on 10 minute Average Wind Speed)
		
MAX >= 90.0:		0
MAX >= 80.0:		0
MAX >= 70.0:		0
MAX <= 32.0:		11	2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 20th, 21st
MIN <= 32.0:		19	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 29th, 30th, 31st	
MIN <=  0.0:		0
		
MAXIMUM Humidity (%):	99	16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
MINIMUM Humidity (%):	20	8th @ 0052
		
MAXIMUM Pressure (mb):	1038.5	31st @ 2344
MINIMUM Pressure (mb):	973.4	18th @ 2016
		
TOTAL   Htg Deg Days:	1016.1
AVERAGE Htg Deg Days:	32.8
MINIMUM Htg Deg Days:	23.4	26th
MAXIMUM Htg Deg Days:	42.7	11th
TOTAL Cool Deg Days:	0.0
Heat Base:  65.0  Cool Base:  65.0  Method: Integration
		
TOTAL   Precip.:	6.71
AVERAGE Precip.:	0.37
DAYS of Precip.:	18	All but: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 21st, 22nd, 31st
MAXIMUM Precip.:	1.52	16th
MAXIMUM Rain Rate:	0.26	16th @ 0404
Days of Rain: 15 (>.01 in) 13 (>.1 in) 2 (>1 in)
TOTAL Snowfall:		4.1
DAYS of Snowfall:	8
		
AVERAGE High Wind:	18.1
MINIMUM High Wind:	2	3rd
MAXIMUM High Wind:	56	6th
WIND RUN (miles):	1276.96
		

DAYS Sun at any time:	18

1st	FULL (Mainland)
2nd	FULL (Mainland)
3rd	FULL (Mainland)
4th	NO
5th	Extremely Weak to Weak (Mainland)
6th	Extremely Weak to Somewhat Weakened (Mostly on the Mainland)
7th	FULL (Mostly on the Mainland)
8th	FULL (Mostly on the Mainland)
9th	FULL (Mostly on the Mainland)
10th	FULL (Mostly on the Mainland)
11th	FULL (Mostly on the Mainland)
12th	NO
13th    No
14th	NO
15th	NO
16th	NO
17th	Almost Extremely Weak - Extremely Weak
18th	NO
19th	Extremely Weak to Slightly Weakened (Mainland)
20th	FULL
21st	Extremely Weak to Slightly Weakened (Weakened in West Juneau)
22nd	FULL
23rd	NO
24th	NO
25th	NO
26th	NO
27th	Few Spots of Weak - Very Weak (Mainland)
28th	NO
29th	Weak to Slightly Weakened
30th	FULL
31st	NO
						
		
DAYS OF Cld or M Cld:	27	All but: 2nd, 8th, 9th, 10th
DAYS OF Rainbow:	0
DAYS OF Aurora:		0
DAYS OF Lightning:	0
DAYS OF Earthquake:	0



GRAPHS | DATA | STATISTICS | CONDITIONS - DAY of Month: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | TOP

January 2017 - Barometric Pressure & Temperature with Highs & Lows.

January 2017 - Dewpoint & Humidity.

January 2017 - Rainfall & High Rain Rate with Pressure & Humidity.

January 2017 - High Wind, Wind Run, & 10 min. Avg. Wind Speed.



CONDITIONS - DAY of Month: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | DATA | STATISTICS | GRAPHS | TOP

Tue. 1/31/17: DATA | NWS: Strong Northerly Outflow Event to develop later this week - See 0336 Below | It's Time for Churches to Sever Ties With Boy Scouts - Townhall | Trail Life USA

Mon. 1/30/17: DATA | NWS: Strong Northerly Outflow Event to develop later this week - See 0354 Below

SUNDAY 1/29/17: DATA | MV Aurora sailings in Prince William Sound for Sunday, Jan. 29 and Monday, Jan. 30 are canceled due to a mechanical issue - See 2253 1/28 Below | Room with a viewpoint - Even a superhost must agree with the party line at Airbnb by Marvin Olasky and a follow-up article by him: More Airbnb purging of Christians - The short-term rental organization’s intolerance in the name of tolerance

Sat. 1/28/17: DATA | Why the NYT [Editor: and other news sources] Hid The Numbers For The ‘Hottest Year On Record’ and a Follow-Up Article - Robert Tracinski at The Federalist | Illegal Aliens Really Do Vote – a Lot by William Campenni at American Thinker | Elon Musk-inspired hyperloopers battle in LA - USA Today | Need a New Sow Barn? ... Contact Win-Win LLC in Illinois ... A video of one of their projects from start to finish (You Tube) | Georgy Girl - The Seekers in concert - 1967, on You Tube ... (an occasional bad word in the comments)

Fri. 1/27/17: DATA | 0509: Power outage in the Mendenhall Valley, a tree fell over the 69 KV transmission line near Dudley Street. All power restored by around 0635. AEL&P Updates on Facebook | NWS: Record Maximum Temperature at the Juneau Airport on Thursday, January 26th - See 0300 Below | Trump argument bolstered: Clinton [Editor: may have] received 800,000 votes from noncitizens, study finds - Washington Times | The wonder of and the miracle of flight: Alaska Airlines Flight 62, May 2016 .... Southeast Alaska Milk Run: Anchorage - Juneau - Sitka - Ketchikan (You Tube)

Thur. 1/26/17: DATA | Hawaiian Electric's new, new plan to get to 100% renewables - Utility Dive ... Editor: But will it be affordable for the customers? | Hydroelectric engineers find potential in centuries-old iron mine in New York state - AP | Hydrostor seeks $1B in contracts to replace peaking plants with compressed air storage in underwater bladders - Utility Dive | Republicans are repealing the repeal of Obamacare - Daniel Horowitz .... "Thanks" to the thinking of people like U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and Alaska Gov. Bill Walker | Why we should applaud Trump for not acting like a politician on repealing Obamacare - Conservative Review | Hundreds honor 3 astronauts lost in Apollo fire 50 years ago - AP via Fox News

Wed. 1/25/17: DATA | 2 articles on the reasoning about potential voter fraud: Noncitizens, Voting Violations and U.S. Elections - FAIR ... My comment below; & Do Illegal Votes Decide Elections? - Heritage Foundation | 0635: A New Weekly Picture has been posted - Snow on the Grass (and Moss) | !!See Paris!! .... 1:41:36 to 2:32:14 in Beautiful Romantic 1950's & 1960's Music! (H.D.) on You Tube

Tue. 1/24/17: DATA | More Than A Year After My Children’s Father Died, We’re Still Learning How To Transition - Mary Katharine Ham | San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? - NYT | No lichen, no problem: St. Paul’s reindeer thrive without essential food - KTOO | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City - Wikipedia

Mon. 1/23/17: DATA | At 0620 the NWS Cancelled the Winter Weather Advisory | Wonderland By Night - Bert Kaempfert (You Tube) ... Just recently I refound this piece; the last time I heard it was in the early 1970's on AEL&P's Alaska Electric Light Serenade on KJNO 630 KHz radio

SUNDAY 1/22/17: DATA | 1541: NWS: Winter Weather Advisory in effect from Midnight tonight to Noon AST Monday - See 1541 Below | Trump Should End Government Funding of NPR’s Biased News - The Daily Signal ... My comments below

Sat. 1/21/17: DATA | 0850: NWS: A High Wind Warning was in effect until 9 AM AST this morning | Forensic nightmare: The perils of touch DNA - Michelle Malkin | NWS: Record Precipitation on Monday, January 16th at the Juneau Airport - See 0730 1/17 Below & NWS: Record Precipitation on Monday, January 16th in Southeast Alaska - See 0745 1/17 Below

Fri. 1/20/17: DATA | 0605: According to KINY Radio the roads are slippery | Live Stream of 58th United States Presidential Inauguration or Directly on YouTube | Freak heavy snowfall in Sahara desert turns massive sand dunes into sledging paradise - Mirror (UK)

Thur. 1/19/17: DATA | Feld Entertainment Announces Final Performances of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Circus in May 2017; After 146 Years, Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus To Shut Down - NPR via KTOO .... Sad | Somber WaPo writer discovers the main problem with newspapers is the readers (a rant) - Hot Air | A More American Conservatism by Larry P. Arn - Hillsdale College | 1321: FVF Fairweather sailings for Thursday, Jan. 19 are canceled due to heavy seas and freezing spray - See 1321 Below | "Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration” at the Lincoln Memorial starting at 4 PM EST - Ruptly TV on YouTube

Wed. 1/18/17: DATA | 1953: NWS: Winter Weather Advisory for Snow remains in effect until 6 AM Thursday for the Mendenhall Valley and north along Glacier Highway to Echo Cove - See 1953 Below | No Weekly Picture this week (again!) I'm sorry to say. | How Sweet It Is: NIST Metrology and the Maple Syrup Industry - NIST | NIST Neutral as Butter War Spreads ... See my note below | The Senate Report on Planned Parenthood No One Is Talking About - Townhall | I'm now on LinkedIn ... For what that's worth. ;-) | The 32nd Annual Legislative Welcome Reception (free) from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Centennial Hall

Tue. 1/17/17: DATA | The 30th Alaska State Legislature (1st Session) Convened today

Mon. 1/16/17: DATA | M.L. King Jr. Day - Federal, State, & Local Government Holiday | 1910: 3.4 Magnitude Earthquake 79 miles W of Juneau - See 1910 Below | 1529: 2.9 Magnitude Earthquake 81 miles W of Juneau - See 1529 Below | 13:22:45: 3.2 Magnitude Earthquake 104 miles WSW of Juneau - See 1322 Below | (3) Earthquakes ranging from 2.8 to 4.4; 74 to 88 miles W of Juneau; from 1153 to 1240 - See 1240, 1206, & 1153 Below | 0620: Just a few tiny spots of snow (which melted away by 2020 hrs. today) are left on the ground other than some areas of shoveled and plowed snow | Public Notice of Sale Mt. McKinley Meat & Sausage by the State Board of Agriculture & Conservation | Innovative inVISE Invisible Air Conditioner/Heat Pump - (YouTube) by Zymbo Italia; Monobloc Double Duct Type Air Conditioner (iCOOL, WZ-25, WZ-32, WZ-28EC, Polar) - Made-in-China.com | UNICO Air Inverter (Italy) | Powrmatic Vision (UK)

SUNDAY 1/15/17: DATA | 1319: MV Tustumena sailings Sunday night, Jan. 15 and Monday, Jan. 16 are canceled due to high winds and heavy seas - See 1319 Below

Sat. 1/14/17: DATA | When I Ride - A ski and snowboard film shot on location in Cordova, Alaska - on Vimeo | Government funds science to support pre-determined policy outcomes - Dr. Roy Spencer

Fri. 1/13/17: DATA | Fledging at the Green-and-white Hummingbird Cam at Machu Picchu Inkaterra - Cornell Lab Bird Cams Project on YouTube | Why is this Alaska glacier surging ahead of the others? - KTOO | Sitka’s Green Lake Dam back in service - KCAW | Graphene Able to Transport Huge Currents on the Nano Scale - I-Connect007 | Hmmmm.... "Inoculated: How Science Lost its Soul in Autism" by Kent Heckenlively; Sharyl Attkisson's coverage; A Congressman, A CDC Whisteblower And An Autism Tempest In A Trashcan - Forbes

Thur. 1/12/17: DATA | 0745: NWS: A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until Noon AST today - See 0745 Below | Spectacular cloud formation spotted over Australia from passenger plane - The Telegraph (UK) | The 'meteoric rise' of lifts: will a new breed of elevator transform our cities? - The Guardian (UK) | EchoStar XIX Satellite with JUPITER High-Throughput Technology Successfully Positioned in Orbital Slot - Hughes .... (for high speed internet, including Alaska) | Once Upon a Time - The Magnificent Strings of Percy Faith

Wed. 1/11/17: DATA | 0349: NWS: Warm and Wetter Weather later this week - See 0349 Below | No Weekly Picture this Week | Six Alarming Findings in House Panel’s Planned Parenthood Probe - Kelsey Harkness at The Daily Signal

Tue. 1/10/17: DATA | NWS: Warm and Wetter Weather later this week - See 1555 Below | NWS: NOAA Weather Radio will be off the air for two hours or less between 2 PM and 4 PM on Wednesday January 11 - See 1420 Below | Windstorm damage widespread, but minor, after Taku weekend - Juneau Empire | U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of softwood lumber products from Canada - USITC | Panel Finds Canadian Softwood Lumber Imports Harm U.S. Producers - ENR

Mon. 1/09/17: DATA | 0445: NWS: High Wind Warning Remains in effect until 10 AM AST this morning - See 0445 Below | Story of My Life - The Piano Guys (Piano/Cello) on YouTube | Video: Mendenhall Glacier Ice Cave on Sat. Jan. 7th - Juneau Empire on Facebook

SUNDAY 1/08/17: DATA | 2026: NWS: Winds around Juneau to increase again tonight, High Wind Warning remains in effect until 10 AM AST Monday - See 2026 Below | NWS: Record Average High Temperature for 2016; data at the Juneau Airport since 1943 (1936 was in error). - See 0700 1/03 Below .... See my note below about the NWS Airport data | A Novarupta-scale eruption today would cripple global aviation - ADN | Story of My Life - The Piano Guys (Piano/Cello) on YouTube

Sat. 1/07/17: DATA | 1509: NWS: High Wind Warning remains in effect until 3 PM AST Sunday - See 1509 Below | NWS High Wind Report (on Facebook) and Partial Listing from it Below | Yesterday was the windiest at the West Juneau Weather Station since February 2011 | Highest Winds in the Juneau Area taken from MesoWest (reported at 20 minute intervals) as of 0630 - See Below | "Why are energy efficiency standards so far behind the technology? - AJinCT" - Discussion at HeatingHelp.com between the experts (the best in the field, this is the 9th year I've been reading the forum) and others who are on HeatingHelp.com, and "AJinCT".

Fri. 1/06/17: DATA | Epiphany ... What is the Epiphany and when in 2017 is it? - The Telegraph (UK) | 1551: NWS: High Wind Warning remains in effect until 3 PM AST Sunday - See 1551 Below | Wind Direction Vane freely moving for the most part by 0335 | Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving - Washington Post .... Will you listen ELCA - Resurrection Lutheran? | Another cautionary tale of Mendenhall Lake’s dangerously thin ice - KTOO | Afternoon: Salt spray from the Channel is reaching the house | MV Aurora sailings for Sunday, Jan. 8 are canceled due to forecast 50 knot winds, 13 foot seas and heavy freezing spray - See 1216 Below | 1214: A Hummingbird (probably an Anna's) flew up to the area where the feeder hangs during the summer!

Thur. 1/05/17: DATA | 1540: NWS: High Wind Warning now in effect from 3 AM Friday to 3 PM AST Sunday - See 1540 Below | FVF Fairweather sailings for Friday, Jan. 6 are canceled due to high winds, and heavy seas - See 1627 Below | MV Aurora sailings for Friday, Jan. 6 are canceled due to high winds, heavy seas and freezing spray - See 1416 Below | UPDATE: FVF Fairweather will be sailing as scheduled Thursday, Jan. 5 - See 0850 Below (& 1939 1/04 Below) | Wind Direction Vane was Frozen at NNW until 1330 | Israel's 'flying car' passenger drone moves closer to delivery - Reuters | Synthetic diamonds could one day replace GPS - and make driverless cars a reality - The Telegraph (UK)

Wed. 1/04/17: DATA | : NWS: A High Wind Watch is in effect from Friday morning through late Saturday night - See 1731 Below | 1604: NWS: Strong Northerly Outflow Event Thursday into the weekend - See 1604 Below | Taku winds possible this weekend, NWS says - KTOO | 0502: NWS: Dense Fog Advisory remains in effect until Noon today - See 0502 Below | Juneau finishes 2016 as hottest year - Juneau Empire | The Founders Anticipated ‘Fake News.’ Here’s What They Did About It. - Daily Signal | The Different Types of Corn - Illinois Farm Girl | 0650: A New Weekly Picture has been posted - Snow Cloud From A Small Avalanche on Mt. Juneau | Wind Direction Vane still Frozen at NNW | FVF Fairweather sailings for Thursday, Jan. 5 are canceled due to high winds and heavy seas - See 1939 Below

Tue. 1/03/17: DATA | : NWS: Record Average High Temperature for 2016 - See 0700 Below | 2008: NWS: A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until Noon AST Wednesday - See 2008 Below | NWS: Strong Northerly Outflow Event late week - See 0554 Below | U.S. Forest Service & Capital City Fire/Rescue (CCFR) will be providing free winter safety education for icy water immersion on Sat., Jan. 7, 1:30 PM, Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center - Info at KINY | Claim: Arctic Sea Ice The Same Thickness As 1940 - RealClimateScience.com | When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle vocalist (YouTube) | Wind Direction Vane is still Frozen at NNW | More Frost (hoar frost) has formed in addition to the Frost that formed Jan. 2

Mon. 1/02/17: DATA | New Year's Day Observed - Federal, State, & Local Holiday | Capital Transit, Care-A-Van, and Arrow Refuse in operation today | 1549: NWS: Fog possible early this week followed by strong northerly outflow event - See 1549 Below | 0634: Now Available: The December 2016 Monthly Report, the 2016 Yearly Report, and the updated Weather Database | NWS Summary of December 2016 Weather in Southeast Alaska - See Below | Wind Direction Vane is still Frozen at NNW | Quadrantid Meteor Shower, One of the Year's Best, Is Peaking Now - Space.com

SUNDAY 1/01/17: DATA | New Year's Day - Happy New Year! | No service today by Capital Transit or Care-A-Van | 1537: NWS: Potential for prolonged Fog Event early this week - See 1537 Below | Mary Did You Know - The Wissmann Family (YouTube) | Wind Direction Vane appears to be Frozen at NNW | Global Warming Alarmist NY Times Discovers Cold Is 17 Times Deadlier - The New American