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'tis the season...i saw a few pages back that you are losing about 5mins of daylight, each day...here, in the lower 48, latitude 42N- last night the sunset for the final time after 7pm...until next March...sunset tonight was 6:58pm...

Now, sunshine is 7:25, sunset 8:29.

Yesterday, it was like summer time up here with high of 18.6C. In the territory we got between 21 and 22 in Dawson, Mayo and Carmacks all located north than I.

Today should be a transition one with risk of showers, even if now we have 8.6C and clear sky.

For the upcoming days, back to sunny conditions in a cooler air.

What you wrote for Barrow is amazing. Even here we only got 54 days between our last and first frost (My link).

Have a great day !

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'tis the season...i saw a few pages back that you are losing about 5mins of daylight, each day...here, in the lower 48, latitude 42N- last night the sunset for the final time after 7pm...until next March...sunset tonight was 6:58pm...

Here in Anchorage we are losing 5 minutes 39 seconds per day. That adds up fast, it actually feels "normal," in a midwestern sense that is.

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Good evening!

Today was a transition day with mild temperatures (8.3/14.6) and a mosty cloudy sky.

Tomorrow should be better with the return od sunny conditions and cooler temperatures.

I may expect some cold visiting us by the end of the month, GFS model forecasts it since a bit.

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For your information, I have installed a second webcam facing south, the other one with mountain views is still facing north.

Have a great evening !

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Good morning everybody,

Sorry for the GFS map, I forgot to save it, and it does not show anymore what I wanted !

We have -1.8C this morning here, the wind stopped blowing and it is clear outside.

In the territory, temperatures between -3 and +11 with mild temperatures in central Yukon.

We should have sunny days with highs of 11/13C in upcoming days.

Now, I will go for a run with the dogs.

Have a great day !

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I went on a glacier cruise at the end of last month and happened to go on one of the best days of late summer (the benefits of being a meteorologist I guess). Check out the pics here...

http://mtlawsonwx.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/glaciers-galore/

Wow, great photos and scenes. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

<Makes note to visit Alaska at some point in my lifetime.>

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Good morning everybody,

Not so cold this morning as the days before with low of 0.4C.

I just want to share with you this morning an outlook of the upcoming winter here in south Yukon: it should be colder and drier than the normals:

ECMWF:

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Environment Canada (Oct-Dec 2011):

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NCEP:

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It looks like that my neighbors from Alaska will also get a freezing cold winter !

Have a good day

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That second pic is stunning, is that the top elevation on Cold Bay?

That second pic is Frosty Mtn. which is a dormant volcano standing 6600' tall. The base is 5 miles southwest of me and the peak is 9 miles southwest of me. As you can see it has a glacier on it. This pic was taken from one of the roads just outside of town where it is about 2 miles closer to the mountain.

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Beautiful Patrick,

I never saw the first animals, what is it?

I also notice that fall colours are not here yet.

Today, low of -3.3C, high of +18.8C, a difference of 22.1C, with sun and some wind blowing from south.

Forecast for following days: mix of sun and clouds, cooler temperatures, some rain possible on wednesday.

Have a great evening :pimp:

Those first animals are baby foxes.

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Wow, looks like we may be on the cold side of climate here. That is one thing I haven't looked into yet here.

Good morning everybody,

Not so cold this morning as the days before with low of 0.4C.

I just want to share with you this morning an outlook of the upcoming winter here in south Yukon: it should be colder and drier than the normals:

It looks like that my neighbors from Alaska will also get a freezing cold winter !

Have a good day

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170-180kt East Asian jet punching into the long wave trough gonna make for an interesting situation end of week. Euro doesn't keep the jet quite as strong as it rounds the base of the trough, or show the upper jet coupling that the GFS does. Either way should be a decent system. GFS bombs it out as the jet nose interacts.

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170-180kt East Asian jet punching into the long wave trough gonna make for an interesting situation end of week. Euro doesn't keep the jet quite as strong as it rounds the base of the trough, or show the upper jet coupling that the GFS does. Either way should be a decent system. GFS bombs it out as the jet nose interacts.

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I WANT THAT LOW JUST NW OF ME....would be fun to launch in that....oh well....southeast Alaska and Canada especially towards MTBLANC may get blasted with some wind/rain.

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Didn't think I'd see many of these obs in Cold Bay, let alone the cold air funnel and FC ob from last week....:)

PACD 180024Z VRB05KT 10SM SCT016CB BKN060 BKN090 10/06 A2953 RMK AO2 CB NE MOV E TCU S AND N

PACD 172353Z 31007KT 10SM BKN017TCU BKN060 BKN085 11/06 A2953 RMK AO2 RAB45E51 SLP999 TCU ALQDS P0000 60000 T01060061 10111 20033 58004

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Although there is a good amount of STORM WARNINGS, there is also this....

PKZ130-191500-

BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS

400 PM AKDT SUN SEP 18 2011

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MONDAY...

.TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO NE 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN.

.MON...NE WIND 65 KT...DIMINISHING TO SE 35 KT E OF THE BARREN

ISLANDS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 18 FT. RAIN.

.MON NIGHT...W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 45 KT BECOMING

E 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...E WIND 30 KT...SEAS 18 FT. RAIN.

.TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT.

.TUE NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT.

.WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 10 FT.

.THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT.

.FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.

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MTBLANC.... here are some publications from Environment Canada about region specific weather you may be interested in looking at.

http://www.navcanada...LAK/default.xml

Many thnaks, I did not notice them.

This seems to be very intersting :thumbsup:!

This week will be a transition week in the territory, with perhaps our first snowflakes.

For now, it is cloudy, low of -1C this morning (-4 yesterday), high of 12C, windy, rain showers in the evening.

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I wonder if it'll be a windy week....hmmmm....

AKZ181-201300-

ALASKA PENINSULA-

INCLUDING...COLD BAY...SAND POINT

400 PM AKDT MON SEP 19 2011

...STRONG WIND THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHANNELED

TERRAIN...

.TONIGHT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST

WIND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

.TUESDAY...NUMEROUS SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WIND 25 TO

40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WIND 30 TO

40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

.WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WIND 20 TO

35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WIND 25 TO

35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

.THURSDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 50.

.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF

RAIN. LOWS 40 TO 45. HIGHS AROUND 50.

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I wonder if it'll be a windy week....hmmmm....

AKZ181-201300-

ALASKA PENINSULA-

INCLUDING...COLD BAY...SAND POINT

400 PM AKDT MON SEP 19 2011

...STRONG WIND THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHANNELED

TERRAIN...

.TONIGHT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST

WIND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

.TUESDAY...NUMEROUS SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WIND 25 TO

40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WIND 30 TO

40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

.WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WIND 20 TO

35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WIND 25 TO

35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.

.THURSDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 50.

.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF

RAIN. LOWS 40 TO 45. HIGHS AROUND 50.

LOL, have fun with those upper air launches. I hate launching above 30, forget 50+.

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Wow, looks like we may be on the cold side of climate here. That is one thing I haven't looked into yet here.

Yes, it will be a funny winter for freezing cold passionates :P!

Thanks for sharing your pictures. I notice that we are in advance for fall colours. Just have a look to my "last week" post !

I however really like the alpine ambiance.

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Hello everybody,

Low of 7.4C with wind blowing from east and overcast conditions.

Temperatures from 1 to 11C in the territory this morning.

This week will be a transition. We will start with wind and mild temperatures and end with cooler temperatures with perhaps our first snowflakes.

Next week should be very interesting uphere !

Have a great one !

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