04 December 2012

It's not that cold in Juneau

I was just checking out the weather forecast for Juneau, trying to decide how soon we'd need to get up on the roof of the RV to shovel off the snow.  If it's going to get warm (above 32 for a high), we'd want to be sure to shovel the roof, because what we really want to avoid is more melting and freezing and ice accumulating on top of the RV and we definitely want to avoid getting rain on top of all the snow that's up there.  Sure, rain might melt some of the snow, but the snow will also trap the rain and things will get heavy up there quickly, and we really don't want the roof to collapse.  According to the forecast, we're below 32 for the next several days, so we don't have to shovel right away.

However, while I was on the site, I decided to check out the temperatures in Fairbanks. This is the forecast.  Note that the temperatures are in Fahrenheit, and when they say 'below' they mean below ZERO.  Now that is cold, and good perspective when I whine about the temperatures here...

TODAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY ICE FOG. TEMPERATURES 30 TO 40 BELOW
IN VALLEYS TO NEAR 15 BELOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LIGHT WINDS.

TONIGHT
CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES AND FOG. TEMPERATURES RISING TO 10
TO 25 BELOW. OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.

WEDNESDAY
CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES AND FOG. HIGHS 10 TO 25 BELOW...
WARMEST OVER THE HILLS. LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 15 MPH...
OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FLURRIES AND FOG.
LOWS 25 TO 35 BELOW...EXCEPT NEAR 15 BELOW OVER THE HILLS. LOCAL
NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 15 MPH...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.  

THURSDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FLURRIES AND FOG. HIGHS
10 TO 25 BELOW...WARMEST OVER THE HILLS. LOCAL NORTHEAST  WINDS
GUSTING TO 15 MPH...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.  

THURSDAY NIGHT
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40 BELOW.   

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