Thursday, December 13, 2012

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Fender berg

If you've ever lived where it snows a lot, you've seen that ice that accumulates under your car when you drive.  I asked if it had name and at least one person said it was a "fender berg".  Works for me!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Winter storm

Brought lots of snow Sunday morning.  Melting now with above freezing temps - yea!

Monday, December 10, 2012

Juneau Webcams

Check out this link for various webcams around Juneau if you ever want a real-time peek at the weather!

http://www.kinyradio.com/webcams.html

Monday, December 3, 2012

Heading towards solstice


It's that time of year when the days are shorter and the amount of daylight lost each day decreases until Winter Solstice on 12/21/12.  Last month we were losing over 5 minutes a day.  I'm very happy that it is slowing down :)

Rising and setting times for the Sun - Juneau, Alaska

   Length of daySolar noon
DateSunriseSunsetThis dayDifferenceTimeAltitudeDistance
(106 km)
Dec 1, 20128:21 AM3:13 PM6h 51m 49s− 2m 52s11:47 AM9.8° 147.486
Dec 2, 20128:23 AM3:12 PM6h 49m 03s− 2m 46s11:47 AM9.7° 147.463
Dec 3, 20128:24 AM3:11 PM6h 46m 23s− 2m 39s11:48 AM9.5° 147.442
Dec 4, 20128:26 AM3:10 PM6h 43m 51s− 2m 32s11:48 AM9.4° 147.421
Dec 5, 20128:28 AM3:09 PM6h 41m 26s− 2m 24s11:49 AM9.3° 147.401
Dec 6, 20128:29 AM3:08 PM6h 39m 09s− 2m 17s11:49 AM9.2° 147.381
Dec 7, 20128:31 AM3:08 PM6h 37m 01s− 2m 08s11:49 AM9.1° 147.362
Dec 8, 20128:32 AM3:07 PM6h 35m 00s− 2m 00s11:50 AM9.0° 147.344
Dec 9, 20128:34 AM3:07 PM6h 33m 08s− 1m 52s11:50 AM8.9° 147.326
Dec 10, 20128:35 AM3:06 PM6h 31m 24s− 1m 43s11:51 AM8.8° 147.309
Dec 11, 20128:36 AM3:06 PM6h 29m 49s− 1m 34s11:51 AM8.7° 147.293
Dec 12, 20128:37 AM3:06 PM6h 28m 23s− 1m 26s11:52 AM8.6° 147.277
Dec 13, 20128:39 AM3:06 PM6h 27m 06s− 1m 16s11:52 AM8.6° 147.261
Dec 14, 20128:40 AM3:06 PM6h 25m 58s− 1m 07s11:53 AM8.5° 147.246
Dec 15, 20128:41 AM3:06 PM6h 25m 00s− 58s11:53 AM8.5° 147.231
Dec 16, 20128:42 AM3:06 PM6h 24m 11s− 49s11:54 AM8.4° 147.217
Dec 17, 20128:42 AM3:06 PM6h 23m 31s− 39s11:54 AM8.4° 147.204
Dec 18, 20128:43 AM3:06 PM6h 23m 01s− 29s11:55 AM8.4° 147.191
Dec 19, 20128:44 AM3:06 PM6h 22m 41s− 20s11:55 AM8.4° 147.179
Dec 20, 20128:44 AM3:07 PM6h 22m 30s− 10s11:56 AM8.4° 147.167
Dec 21, 20128:45 AM3:07 PM6h 22m 30s< 1s11:56 AM8.4° 147.157
Dec 22, 20128:45 AM3:08 PM6h 22m 38s+ 08s11:57 AM8.4° 147.147
Dec 23, 20128:46 AM3:09 PM6h 22m 57s+ 18s11:57 AM8.4° 147.138
Dec 24, 20128:46 AM3:09 PM6h 23m 25s+ 28s11:58 AM8.4° 147.129
Dec 25, 20128:46 AM3:10 PM6h 24m 03s+ 38s11:58 AM8.4° 147.122
Dec 26, 20128:46 AM3:11 PM6h 24m 50s+ 46s11:59 AM8.5° 147.116
Dec 27, 20128:46 AM3:12 PM6h 25m 46s+ 56s11:59 AM8.5° 147.110
Dec 28, 20128:46 AM3:13 PM6h 26m 53s+ 1m 06s12:00 Noon8.6° 147.106
Dec 29, 20128:46 AM3:14 PM6h 28m 09s+ 1m 15s12:00 Noon8.6° 147.102
Dec 30, 20128:46 AM3:15 PM6h 29m 33s+ 1m 24s12:01 PM8.7° 147.100
Dec 31, 20128:46 AM3:17 PM6h 31m 07s+ 1m 33s12:01 PM8.8° 147.098

All times are in local time for Juneau
December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Friday, December 21, 2012 at 2:12 AM in Juneau. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Douglas Christmas Tree

The lighting ceremony was the Friday after Thanksgiving.  This is on a stage in Savikko Park by Sandy Beach.