MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for APRIL 2018

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

                     
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  34.6  42.7   2:45p  24.6   6:25a  30.4   0.0  0.00   0.5  13.0  10:20p    E  13.01  0.0  1.0 Clr MCd-VryThn-Thnsh VarPCd-MClr MCd Cd-FiltBrks Cd
 2  36.3  37.7   4:45p  33.3   5:45a  28.7   0.0  0.00   3.6  26.0   4:10p    E  86.86  0.0 MISS Cd Cd-VariableFileredtBrks Lt-Brzy&BrzyWind Cd
 3  34.6  38.9   1:45p  28.2  11:30p  30.4   0.0  0.00   1.8  23.0   9:25a    E  42.15  0.0 MISS P-MCd/M-PCd PCd LtWnd MClr PCd Cd-VarBrk DecrCd MClr
 4  33.8  39.7   9:30p  24.3   6:25a  31.2   0.0  0.00   2.0  19.0   2:55p    E  48.14  0.0  0"+ Clr LtWind VryVryThnToThnshCdsW/VarFiltBlue Clr
 5  41.6  47.6   6:20p  31.2   3:50a  23.4   0.0  0.00   4.4  28.0   2:15p    E 106.44  0.0   0" Clr MCd-VryVryThn-Thnsh Lt-Brzy-Gsts PCd MClr PCd Cd
 6  44.6  48.8   7:40p  35.3  11:55p  20.4   0.0  0.00   4.8  26.0   4:25p    E 115.79  0.0  0.0 Cd M-PCd Lt-Brzy-Gsts Cd-MCd Cd PCd Cd-OccTnyBrks
 7  44.4  55.1   3:55p  31.8   5:45a  20.6   0.0  0.00   2.1  24.0  11:55a    W  50.39  0.0  0.0 DecreasingClouds Clear LightToBreezyWind Clear
 8  45.1  57.9   2:15p  33.0   6:35a  19.9   0.0  0.21   0.3  14.0   7:15p    W   7.56  0.0  0.0 MCd-VryVryThnToThnsh CldsThickening Cd Cd/VarSprToRn
 9  43.4  48.5   4:30p  38.0  10:30p  21.6   0.0  0.11   0.0   7.0   5:10p  SSE   0.08  0.0  0.0 Cd/.05 LoCd/Mst-Sp-VryLtR OccBrk/VarShrs OccBrk PMCd
10  47.4  56.0  12:25p  38.2   4:00a  17.6   0.0  0.08   3.1  29.0   6:05p  ENE  73.93  0.0  0.0 Cd Lt-Brzy-GstsAllDay Cd/OccVarSp Cd Cd/VryLtRToR Cd
11  46.9  57.8   2:50p  37.3   4:00a  18.1   0.0  0.00   0.7  15.0  11:35p    E  17.66  0.0  0.0 Cd-OccBrks MCd VarBrks M-PCd PCd Clr-OccFewCd IncrCd
12  46.3  52.9   3:05p  42.2   7:30a  18.7   0.0  0.01   0.6  18.0   6:45p  SSE  14.65  0.0  0.0 Cd/.01 Cd VarBrks Lt-Brz MCd PCd PCd-MClr Cd/Sp Brks
13  43.8  54.0   1:25p  36.4   6:15a  21.2   0.0 TRACE   0.6  15.0   1:05p    E  15.29  0.0  0.0 OccBrk Cd VryThnThnshCd BrksToMCd&MPCd Cd/Sp OccBrks
14  41.8  49.2   3:15p  34.3  12:00m  23.2   0.0  0.13   0.0   7.0  12:40p    E   0.40  0.0  0.0 Cd Cd/R Cd-Brk-MCd/Sp-LtR Brks/SpShrs Rnbws PCd MClr
15  41.6  52.8   1:25p  31.4   5:50a  23.4   0.0  0.00   0.7  15.0   5:45p   NW  16.34  0.0  0.0 Clr MClr VarMCd-PCd-CdW/Brks PCd Rnbws M-PCd PCd
16  40.3  49.6   1:10p  31.6  12:00m  24.7   0.0  0.00   0.4  11.0   4:55p   NW   8.46  0.0  0.0 DecreasingClouds MostlyClear Clear
17  39.3  49.9   3:20p  27.1   5:40a  25.7   0.0  0.00   0.0   8.0   4:25p    E   0.88  0.0  0.0 Clr MClr-Clr MCd Cd-MCd Cd-FewBrks MCd-Cd Cd-VarBrks
18  41.3  43.1   2:45a  38.0   7:00a  23.7   0.0  0.45   0.5  14.0   9:25p  ESE  11.15  0.0  0.0 Cd Cd/Rn/VryLtR-Drz/LtR/Sp-VryLtR/Rn
19  41.1  43.8   4:45p  38.5   4:05a  23.9   0.0  0.75   1.5  18.0  12:40p  SSE  35.94  0.0  0.0 Cd/Rn-LtRn-Spr/Mst-SprW/Lull Cd/1Shr Cd/SprToRn
20  42.0  47.9   3:10p  34.9  11:30p  23.0   0.0  0.05   0.5  13.0  12:35p    S  11.77  0.0  0.0 Cd/Shrs Cd Cd-FewBrks/VryLtRnShr M-PCd Cd-MCd Cd MCd
21  39.1  45.8  10:55a  31.5   3:20a  25.9   0.0  0.21   0.0   8.0  12:05p  SSE   0.73  0.0  0.0 VarCd Aur VarCdPCd Brks Cd/SpToR&Shrs Rnbws MCd Brks
22  41.8  42.9   1:00p  40.6   7:00a  23.2   0.0  0.43   0.6  11.0   7:50p  SSE  14.86  0.0  0.0 Cd Cd/LtRn/VryLtRn-Spr/Spr-VryLtRn/VarSpr-VryLtRn-Rn
23  41.9  42.5  11:15a  41.1  10:25p  23.1   0.0  0.96   1.5  18.0  10:30a  SSE  36.18  0.0  0.0 Cd/Rn-LtRn-VryLtRn/Lt-VryLtRn-Driz LtWind
24  42.8  45.2   2:15p  40.8   5:55a  22.2   0.0  0.10   0.5  11.0   4:40p  SSE  12.84  0.0  0.0 Cd/OccVryLtRn Cd/Spr-VryLtRn Cd/Occ:Spr-VryLtRn
25  43.2  44.1   4:10p  42.0  12:05a  21.8   0.0  0.11   0.3  10.0   2:45a  SSE   6.06  0.0  0.0 Cd/.01Rn Cd Cd/Rn-VryLtRn-VarSpr/Mist-Spr Cd
26  44.0  46.8   6:50p  41.5   5:30a  21.0   0.0  0.33   0.0   1.0   9:50p    W   0.00  0.0  0.0 Cd/VarSpr-VryLtRn-Drz-LtRn-RnW/FewLulls
27  43.1  50.5   4:20p  36.4   4:55a  21.9   0.0  0.00   0.2  12.0   8:55a   NW   4.29  0.0  0.0 DecrCds VarPCd-MCd Cd Cd-VarBrks DecrCds Clr
28  42.5  49.9   5:35p  36.0   1:40a  22.5   0.0  0.00   0.0   7.0  11:25p  WSW   0.49  0.0  0.0 VarHiCd Cd/SnFlurMnld Cd Brks MCd Brks PMCd MClr MCd
29  43.0  50.6   2:55p  33.3   4:35a  22.0   0.0  0.00   0.0   5.0  12:00m  WSW   0.00  0.0  0.0 DecrCd VarHiCd Cd-PCd Cd Cd/VarBrks
30  42.3  44.1  12:05a  40.1   5:25a  22.7   0.0  0.08   0.0   5.0  12:05p  SSE   0.00  0.0  0.0 Cd Cd/VryLtRn-VarSpr Cd Cd/Var:Spr/Mst-Sp/Sp-VryLtRn
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    41.8  57.9     8    24.3     4   696.1   0.0  4.01   1.0  29.0    10      E 752.34  0.0

(1) As measured on Front Lawn 
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 | TOP 
AVERAGE Mean Temp:	41.8
AVERAGE High Temp:	47.9
MINIMUM High Temp:	37.7	2nd
MAXIMUM High Temp:	57.9	8th
AVERAGE Low Temp:	35.1
MINIMUM Low Temp:	24.3	4th
MAXIMUM Low Temp:	42.2	12th
		
MAX >= 90.0:		0
MAX >= 80.0:		0
MAX >= 70.0:		0
MAX <= 32.0:		0
MIN <= 32.0:		9	1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 21st
MIN <=  0.0:		0
		
MAXIMUM Humidity (%):	99	9th, 10th, 26th, 27th
MINIMUM Humidity (%):	25	5th @ 1702
		
MAXIMUM Pressure (mb):	1028.2	25th @ 1447
MINIMUM Pressure (mb):	988.8	10th @ 1830
		
TOTAL   Htg Deg Days:	696.1
AVERAGE Htg Deg Days:	23.2
MINIMUM Htg Deg Days:	17.6	10th
MAXIMUM Htg Deg Days:	31.2	4th
TOTAL Cool Deg Days:	0.0
Heat Base:  65.0  Cool Base:  65.0  Method: Integration
		
TOTAL   Precip.:	4.01
AVERAGE Precip.:	0.25
DAYS of Precip.:	16	8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th
MAXIMUM Precip.:	0.96	23rd
MAXIMUM Rain Rate:	0.40	19th @ 1433
Days of Rain: 14 (>.01 in) 10 (>.1 in) 0 (>1 in)
TOTAL Snowfall:		0.0
DAYS of Snowfall:	0
		
AVERAGE High Wind:	14.4
MINIMUM High Wind:	1	26th
MAXIMUM High Wind:	29	10th
WIND RUN (miles):	752.34
		

DAYS Sun at any time:	22	All but: 18th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th

1st	FULL
2nd	Extremely Weak to Weak
3rd	FULL
4th	FULL
5th	FULL
6th	FULL
7th	FULL
8th	Extremely Weak to Slightly Weakened
9th	FULL
10th	Extremely Weak
11th	FULL
12th	FULL
13th	Very Weak to Slightly Weakened
14th	FULL
15th	FULL
16th	FULL
17th	FULL
18th	NO
19th	NO
20th	FULL
21st	FULL
22nd	NO
23rd	NO
24th	NO
25th	NO
26th	NO
27th	FULL
28th	FULL
29th	FULL
30th	NO
		
				
DAYS OF Cld or M Cld:	29	All but: 16th

DAYS OF Rainbow:	4	9th: 1530 - 1534: Partial then full to the NE; 1718 & 1722: Partial briefly to the NNE & then NE; 1835: Partial to NE.
				14th: 1502 - 1515: Shallow-arced to NNE.1709 - 1713: Faint partial to NNE.
				15th: Faint partial to NE 1757 - 1804. 1824 - 1853: Very very faint then at 1830 brighter and at 1842 almost half a Rainbow now.
				21st: 1818 - 1830: Partial to NE (left half). 1838 - 1848: Full to E with left leg very bright colors along with a second fainter partial one to the left.

DAYS OF Aurora:		1	Around midnight of 20th - 21st night
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 | TOP

April 2018 - Barometric Pressure & Temperature with Highs & Lows.

April 2018 - Dewpoint & Humidity.

April 2018 - Rainfall & High Rain Rate with Pressure & Humidity.

April 2018 - 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 | DATA | STATISTICS | GRAPHS | TOP

Mon. 4/30/18: DATA | New Snow on mountains | 1st (large) Cruise Ship of the 2018 Visitor Season in port today - Princess Cruises Ruby Princess | One oil hedge fund manager's view on the future price of oil - Bloomberg | Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning & Giving Up: Why the Coast Guard Quits Looking - Soundings Online

SUNDAY 4/29/18: DATA | NWS: Record Rainfall for April 23rd set at the Juneau, Sitka, & Ketchikan Airports - See 0358 4/24 Below | Farther On - Alaska String Band, Juneau, Alaska (You Tube) | New, ambitious plan unveiled to deal with surge of tourists at Mendenhall Glacier - Juneau Empire | Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area/Visitor Center ~ Planning Efforts - U.S.D.A. Forest Service | Solar Activity Flatlines: Weakest solar cycle in 200 years - WUWT | Nearly 50 inches in 24 hours — Hawaii may have broken the national rainfall record - Washington Post

Sat. 4/28/18: DATA | The Skunk Cabbage is emerging | New dusting of Snow on mountains | Juneau Dance Theatre “Spring Showcase” Capital City Weekly - 2 PM & 7 PM today, JDHS Auditorium | Juneau Home & Lifestyle Show Today & Sunday at Centennial Hall & Information Sheet (PDF) | Multiple Bid Protest Revamps on Federal Contracts Set to Take Effect May 1 - ENR | Police used free genealogy database (GEDmatch) to track Golden State Killer suspect, investigator says - CNN | Hung By The Family Tree: DNA From Genealogy Websites Used to Catch Golden State Rapist & Killer - RedState

Fri. 4/27/18: DATA | Juneau Dance Theatre presents annual “Spring Showcase” Capital City Weekly/Juneau Empire ... Today at 7 PM, and tomorrow at 2 PM & 7 PM, JDHS Auditorium | Juneau Dance Theatre | DOT&PF & CBJ Open house to learn about current & upcoming construction projects in the downtown Juneau area: May 1st, 6 PM - 7:30 PM, Hangar on the Wharf Ballroom, 2 Marine Way | Some Major U.S. cities headed for coldest April in recorded history - Anthony Watts, WUWT

Thur. 4/26/18: DATA | New Snow on mountains | An American Hymn - Statesboro Youth Chorale & 2014 Sing for America Benefit Concert with soloist Erich Stratmann; & the London Symphony Orchestra (You Tube) | The Coast Guard will be sending 8 new vessels to Alaska in 2023 - ADN | World's first electrified road for charging vehicles opens in Sweden - The Guardian (UK) | Palo Verde nuclear plant could close if renewable-energy measure passes, APS says - Arizona Central | First Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor May Be Just Eight Years Away - Bloomberg

Wed. 4/25/18: DATA | Opinion: Why NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is such a fiscal black hole - Mark Whittington - The Hill | NASA's James Webb Space Telescope: Hubble's Cosmic Successor - Space.com

Tue. 4/24/18: DATA | Live Eagle Cam at Glacier Gardens, Juneau, Alaska - Glacier Gardens (You Tube) | Live Stream of Beaver Lodge - Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, Juneau, AK - U.S.D.A. Forest Service (You Tube) | World watches as Alfie Evans’ life hangs in the balance - live updates - LifeSiteNews | Terri Schaivo’s Brother: “Courts and Physicians Perversely Insist Its in Alfie Evans’ Best Interest to Die” - LifeNews | Alfie's Army - Official (Facebook) | Opinion: The doctors and judge starving Alfie Evans are committing crimes against humanity - Claire Chretien

Mon. 4/23/18: DATA | New Snow on mainland (at the least) mountains | Capital Transit: Service disruption in downtown Juneau due to construction - CBJ | Front Street construction update - Juneau Empire | Opinion: The TSA is a waste of money that doesn't save lives and might actually cost them - Dylan Matthews at VOX | Solmetric Solar Installation Test & Measurement Tools | The Price of Public Health Care Insurance in Canada - 2017 - Fraser Institute (PDF) | Opinion: How Much Do Canadians Really Pay for Health Care? - The American Spectator

SUNDAY 4/22/18: DATA | New Snow on mountains | Wounded Officers Initiative - So Their Sacrifice is Never Forgotten

Sat. 4/21/18: DATA | 1341: Definitely saw a Hummingbird today, it was by the deck looking for the Feeder | Rainbows: 1818 to 1848 | Hail was reported in downtown Juneau today | Aurora Borealis at around Midnight April 20 -21 night | New Snow on mainland (at the least) mountains | 2018 Juneau Travel Fair, Today, Noon to 4 PM - Juneau Arts & Culture Center - Travel Juneau (Facebook) | Making Trumpets / Factory Tour - Yamaha Corp. (You Tube) | The Chinese Communist Party Is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America - Foreign Policy | 3 Stories of Faith Under Assault, Plus: The Global War on Women - Breakpoint | SWA Flt#1380 Update - Pilot Emergency Procedures - Juan Browne (You Tube)

Fri. 4/20/18: DATA | New Snow on mountains | Here's Exactly How The 2019 GMC Sierra's Six-Way Tailgate Works - Jalopnik

Thur. 4/19/18: DATA | New Snow on mountains | Notice of Proposed Changes on Application & Content for ID Cards, Non-Commercial Driver's Licenses & Commercial Driver’s Licenses - State of AK | Western Pennsylvania sheriff challenges NRA boycotters - Washington Examiner | San Francisco’s Big Seismic Gamble - NYT | USGS Scenario for hypothetical 7 Mag. Quake on the Hayward fault in California - KCRA

Wed. 4/18/18: DATA | New Snow on mountains | NIST has developed a nanoscale coating for solar cells that enables them to absorb about 20% more sunlight than uncoated cells - NIST | Oil tops $68 for the first time in more than 3 years as U.S. crude stockpiles fall - CNBC | Mitsubishi Electric's digital skyscraper - "Tallest building on the internet" - Mitsubishi Electric | Arctic Circle Hot Springs Resort - Article by Craig Medred || 2018 Juneau Cruise Ship Calendars: Travel Juneau (shows all ships) & Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska (shows only large ships) ~ Both are PDFs .... 1st (large) cruise ship is the Ruby Princess on April 30th

Tue. 4/17/18: DATA | How to tow an airplane: Watch as this helicopter flies away with a wrecked Cessna - ADN ... Utqiagvik is the new name for Barrow, Alaska | Yosemite Flood: April 7, 2018 - NPS on You Tube | First Ford F-150 Diesel - Successful Farming | U.S. dairy producers make more than 600 varieties of cheese & the U.S. is the #1 world's largest cheese producer - Source: U.S. Dairy Export Council | How George Bush broke the Post Office - Opinion piece by Jeff Spross | Rudy Ripley passes away at the age of 83 - Capital City Fire Rescue on Facebook

Mon. 4/16/18: DATA | 1452: A Ruby-crowned Kinglet is in the willow by the deck | Two tunes today! ~ Adios - 101 Strings; Snowbird - Anne Murray ... Some profanity in the comments from the newer arrivals (sigh), & Snowbird - Living Strings (all on You Tube) || Former State ferry Taku headed to the scrapyard - KTOO | U.S. Supreme Court hears case on online sales tax - CBS News | Thousands of quakes hit Alaska since January’s major shake - AP via KTOO | Fairbanks Street in West Juneau is reopened by the CBJ after the winter closure.

SUNDAY 4/15/18: DATA | In 2016 U.S. consumers devoured 1.8 billion pounds of bacon worth approximately $8.8 billion - Source: National Pork Board | The politics of the PPACA* in Alaska - Craig Medred News (my headline) | The Government Shouldn’t Value Bears Over People by Della Trimble, resident of King Cove, Alaska - The Wall Street Journal | Editorial: Trump's Deregulation Binge Shows No Signs Of Ending - Investors Business Daily

Sat. 4/14/18: DATA | Fresh Dusting of Snow on very tops - tops of mainland mountains overnight | Australian Coal Plant to be Reactivated to "Mine" Cryptocurrency - Power Engineering | Ambler (Alaska) Copper: Part of the Problem or Part of the Green Energy Solution? - North of 60 Mining News | So You Want Wind Turbines But Don’t Want Copper Mines? - Center of the American Experiment | Amazon files patent for its Echo devices to one day listen to conversations to help make recommendations - The Guardian | The snitches in your kids’ dental office - Michelle Malkin | Obama lied. My FOURTH health plan died - Michelle Malkin ... Are you listening Sen. Lisa Murkowski?

Fri. 4/13/18: DATA | Spring is here: It’s time to switch out your studded tires - ADN | The U.S. Government's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Hacked Hundreds of Times, Risking Sensitive U.S. Financial Data - Washington Free Beacon ... My comments below | eheat Recalls Envi Wall Heaters Due to Overheating and Burn Hazard (Recall Alert) - CPSC

Thur. 4/12/18: DATA | Dusting of Snow overnight on the mainland mountaintops | NWS: Record High Temperature Tied at the Sitka airport on April 11th - See 0457 Below | Paul Allen’s Crew Finds Another Historic Shipwreck - MarineLink | Glass Corrosion - Corrosion Doctors | Tour the Juneau International Airport's new Snow Removal Equipment Building on April 19th, 4 - 5 PM ... RSVP by no later than 4:30 PM April 18 - CBJ on Facebook | I downloaded the information Facebook has on me. Yikes. - Brain Chen at the NYT, via ADN | If you thought Facebook’s data collection is scary, wait until you check your Google account - BGR

Wed. 4/11/18: DATA | By 1520: The last of the shoveled snow on the front yard melted away; there is still a bit of snow, & plowed & shoveled snow in the neighborhood | 1450: The white of the buds on the willow by the deck is starting to show | NWS: Record High Temperature set on Tuesday, April 10 at the Annette airport - See 0501 Below | Some Troops, Families Could Owe Thousands to Keep Tricare - Military.com | Some Veterans Worry A PTSD Diagnosis Will Force Them To Choose: Treatment Or Their Guns - Huffington Post | 'Hole' in the Sun Spawns Powerful Solar Wind; Could Amp Up Auroras - Space.com | Aurora Forecast for night of Wed., April 11, 2018 - Univ. of AK Geophysical Institute

Tue. 4/10/18: DATA | : 1111: NWS: Fast moving strong low to affect the Panhandle late afternoon today & Tuesday night - See 1111 Below | NWS: More Record Highs in SE Alaska on Mon. April 9 - See 1408 4/10 Below | A scientific expedition next year to study the Larsen C Ice Shelf hopes to also find the Endurance, the ill-fated ship of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton - BBC | Fees for Juneau’s electric vehicle chargers delayed - KTOO ... "Assemblywoman Beth Weldon said there’s a perception among conventional car owners that electric vehicles are getting a free ride." They are & the free ride needs to end. | Fly Alaska Airlines? The allowed size of your carry-on is about to shrink - ADN

Mon. 4/09/18: DATA | Rainbows: 1530 - 1534: Partial then full to the NE; 1718 & 1722: Partial briefly to the NNE & then NE; 1835: Partial to NE | NWS: Record High Temperature set at the Yakutat Airport on Sun., April 8 - See 0341 Below | The NWS is installing in Alaska automated Vaisala "Autosonde" stations to release weather balloons & collect data - Article at ADN | Waiting for Help: The Medicaid Waiting List Crisis - Foundation for Government Accountability (PDF) ... Tens of thousands of disabled people are dying while waiting for care, as dollars are redirected to able-bodied adults. Hat tip to Suzanne Downing at Must Read Alaska

SUNDAY 4/08/18: DATA | Due to a computer problem with the M/V Kennicott's vehicle elevator, the Kennicott has been delayed 33 hours in Kodiak - See 2226 4/07 | Record High Temperatures at the Juneau, Sitka, and Annette Airports Sat., April 7th - See 2024 4/07 | Wheelchair-Accessible Rear Entry Kia Sorento - Freedom Motors | We’re Going to Need More Lithium - Bloomberg | Catholic employers win injunction against contraception mandate - California Catholic Daily | 16, 18, & 20 inch NAECA Compliant Gas Residential Water Heaters - Bradford White (PDF) ... I don't know if they have the equivalent in electric | Federal Judge Wants to Return Chinese Drywall Lawsuits to Original States - Claims Journal

Sat. 4/07/18: DATA | Top 20% of Americans Will Pay 87% of Income Tax - WSJ | Scott Pruitt Will End EPA’s Use Of ‘Secret Science’ To Justify Regulations - Daily Caller; & Obama EPA Officials Protest Scott Pruitt’s ‘Secret Science’ Reforms ~ Here’s Why They’re Wrong - Daily Signal | Exploiting people & emergency laws against price gouging are both wrong - Jay Richards | Magnolia Silos & Restaurant in Waco, Texas (owned by Chip & Joanna Gaines) - Less Junk, More Journey | “Great Read” Says Twitter’s CEO About Article Advocating Eradication of the Right - RedState ... Twitter's CEO, a perfect example of the "tolerant" left

Fri. 4/06/18: DATA | 1245: The last of the snow on the front yard has melted away (except for the shoveled snow and from a snow blower). 0434: NWS: High Wind Warning is Cancelled - See 0434 Below | Swedish Rhapsody (Midsummer Vigil) - Percy Faith (You Tube) | Energy minnow Bahrain just found 80 billion barrels of tight oil, as much as Russia’s entire reserve - Financial Post | Virgin Galactic Completes 1st Powered Test Flight Since Fatal 2014 Crash - Space.com | Pike Place Market (Seattle) Expansion by Miller Hull - Architectural Record | Sport Fishing For King Salmon Restricted In The Juneau Area April 1 - June 14 - ADF&G, Issued Mar. 29

Thur. 4/05/18: DATA | 1255: First Robin of 2018 seen on the front yard | 1526: NWS: High Wind Warning now in effect until 10 AM ADT Friday morning - See 1526 Below | Notice of Proposed Issuance of an Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit to Discharge to Waters of the United States - National Marine Fisheries Service - Juneau - State of Alaska ... A few details below | SECON will re-initiate work on Glacier Hwy from Fritz Cove Rd. to Seaview Ave. in the beginning of April - SECON on Facebook

Wed. 4/04/18: DATA | 1517: NWS: High Wind Warning in effect from 4 AM to 6 PM ADT Thursday - See 1517 Below | Can Tesla refuse to do a NHTSA mandated safety recall for airbags on cars it deems as unsupported? - Rich Rebuilds (You Tube) ... Some profanity in the comments | Hands On: Replacing a Tower at North Pole (KJNP, North Pole, Alaska) - Radio World | Oroville Spillways Phase 2 Update Late March 2018 - California Dept. of Water Resources (You Tube)

Tue. 4/03/18: DATA | 0629: Now Available: The March 2018 Monthly Report and the updated Weather Database | NWS Summary of March 2018 Weather in Southeast Alaska - See Below | March continues abnormally dry conditions in northern Southeast Alaska - Juneau Empire | Would-be carjackers foiled in Seattle, couldn't drive stick shift - CBS News from 2014 | NASA Hires Lockheed Martin to Build Quiet Supersonic X-Plane - Space.com | DOT&PF Notice of Project Update: AMHS Gustavus Ferry Terminal Improvements Project - State of Alaska

Mon. 4/02/18: DATA | Seattle area: ‘Enough is enough’: Some local homeowners say this year’s property-tax increase will force them to move - The Seattle Times

SUNDAY 4/01/18: DATA | Happy Easter! - Resurrection Sunday ~ Resurrection of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ: Luke 24: 6 "He is not here (in the tomb), but is risen!" | Handel's Messiah - 2018 Easter Concert by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Up through Mon., April 9th; I Can Only Imagine - One Voice Children's Choir; Be Thou My Vision - Elenyi ... All on You Tube | The March Monthly Report will be posted April 3rd