Continuing Sun, Full Moon

Sunny and cool pattern continued. Calm winds through this morning with a little breeze picking up in the afternoon into evening. Clouds appeared on the horizon, but mostly stayed out away from town. Some moved in from the north, but broke up. Yesterday’s low of 29F tying a record for the date (previously reached in … Read more

Zero Cloud Day

The Sunny and cool weather pattern continued, though winds seemed to be a bit less. Today’s high was 47F. It dropped down to 29F last night, colder than recent nights (calm winds probably helped). It was calm when I headed out this morning and temperatures were warming rapidly in the sun. I could not see … Read more

Spring Arrivals

Continuing clear, cool, and breezy. Less breezy and a little warmer than yesterday, however. Today was tax day for me, which took up most of my morning. After finishing those, I went over to the airport. I saw a lone male Lapland Longspur along old airport road. It was reasonably cooperative as I watched, and … Read more

Sunny and Slightly Warmer

Clear, cool, and breezy, but warmer and less windy than yesterday. Today’s highs reached into the low 40s. Crescent Bay was white capping today, but north of the channel breakwater was not. The wind and gusts were down from yesterday, but also seemed to have shifted to have a more easterly component. With the complex … Read more

Winter’s Encore

Mostly sunny, chilly and breezy. Yesterday’s 50+ temperatures felt like a distant memory with gusty north winds keeping temperatures in the 30s. The official high will be 39F, but as I was out this afternoon, my car’s thermometer showed temps at 36F and down to 33F, depending on where I was. This weather pattern is … Read more

Sunny and Warm(er)

Clear skies. Frosty overnight, with temperatures warming into the low 50s today. Breezy after late morning. It looks like today’s high was 52F, so the streak of days less than 51F ends at 158, just one day shy of tying for 5th longest. (As an aside, I had completely forgotten that I wrote up something … Read more