Ted,
Can't tell you how often folks with lower-48 experience expect to
take a vacation in late August or September during "the cooler sunny
fall months". Maybe where you live its like that in August-September
but in southcentral and southeast Alaska its time for the fall
monsoons. Summer wx up here is great from mid-May to mid-July after
which the wx shifts to the rainy season and temps drop. In parts of
AK first frost arrives the third week of August and leaves start
dropping. Our trees are bare by end of Sept.
But the coastal climate from the Alaska Peninsula thru Anchorage -
Prince William Sound down the SE coast is overcast rainy and 50-60F
wx starting mid to end of July. Oh it stops raining about every
8-9th day so one can mow the lawn which has grown 6-8 inches in
between "dry" days.
We had a super nice summer this year with up into the 70's sunny and
clear. But that is over now (except very occasional day or two thru
fall until it snows (usually by Halloween). Except the last three
winters have been unusually warm with above freezing temps and nearly
no snow (I plowed only two time last winter). Normally we have 18-24
inches of snow cover all winter with temps down to -15F and a very
few down to -25F (not seen in almost 8 years).
Welcome to global warming! Not a theory up here.
73, Ed
PS I've lived up here for 37 years so have seen the change.
At 03:32 PM 7/26/2016, Dauer, Edward wrote:
snip-------
Incidentally, in case Ed Cole, KL7UW, is reading the mail, I have
been cruising the inside passage for the past week, Sitka today and
heading for Anchorage two days from now. Is it always incessant
cold rain this time of year? Never mind sunspots; I have forgotten
what the sun looks like. Otherwise, beautiful territory.
Ted, KN1CBR
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
"Kits made by KL7UW"
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