A nice warm day for a walk in Barrow Alaska. Image 2 of 3.
Feb 13, 2016 06:17:15 #
Another image taken at about sunset on Friday. The weather is +4F degrees, with an East Wind hitting 40 MPH (Wind Chill Factor is only about -21F) and visibility reported at 1/4 mile.
Other than the low visibility, this shot just doesn't show anything unusual! We typically drive snowmachines on the streets in the winter, and 4-wheel ATV's in winter a little and a lot in the summer. That's a gravel road, but in winter it's more like concrete!
By the middle of February it has been snowing almost constantly for about four months! Constant, but usually reported as a "trace" of snow each day. Our total annual precipitation is less than 5 inches of equivalent rain fall, and most of that is snow. But it is very very dry snow. That street is not slippery!
Snow here doesn't come "down" for the most part. The prevailing winds are from the east... so most snow arrives horizontally from that direction. Every now and then the wind shifts and it all blows back the other direction for a week or so.
Other than the low visibility, this shot just doesn't show anything unusual! We typically drive snowmachines on the streets in the winter, and 4-wheel ATV's in winter a little and a lot in the summer. That's a gravel road, but in winter it's more like concrete!
By the middle of February it has been snowing almost constantly for about four months! Constant, but usually reported as a "trace" of snow each day. Our total annual precipitation is less than 5 inches of equivalent rain fall, and most of that is snow. But it is very very dry snow. That street is not slippery!
Snow here doesn't come "down" for the most part. The prevailing winds are from the east... so most snow arrives horizontally from that direction. Every now and then the wind shifts and it all blows back the other direction for a week or so.
Feb 13, 2016 12:45:44 #
Feb 13, 2016 12:45:44 #
Feb 13, 2016 13:02:11 #
LarryN wrote:
Oh, there's the answer to my question.
About what the Wind Chill is, yep. Of course that is for the guy walking. That dude riding a snowmachine at 30 to 60 MPH is one heck of a lot colder!
Feb 13, 2016 16:48:37 #
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Of course, I'm visiting in Phoenix AZ where the temp at 3pm is about 90.
Of course, I'm visiting in Phoenix AZ where the temp at 3pm is about 90.
Feb 13, 2016 17:14:38 #
Heh, I just noticed that I labeled all of these as taken on Saturday. But they were of course shot of Friday afternoon, not Saturday.
I'll edit the original posts.
I'll edit the original posts.
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