Monday, December 18, 2006

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:

Temperature 37 °F / 3 °C

Conditions
Overcast

Dew Point 32 F/ 0 C

Wind 15 mph/ 24 km/h 6.7 meters/second from the Southeast

Wind Gust 18 mph/ 30 km/h 8.2 m/s

Atmospheric pressure (The amount of weight of air on an object/the weight of a column of air in a square inch/square centimeter. It's not light is it? Air I mean. In this instance it is 29.06 p0unds per square inch of air pressure on a surface. Air is heavy. When it moves at high speed it pushes things around, huh?)

29.06 pounds per square inches of mercury OR
984 hPa (hectopascal /1 millbar / 0.001019716 kilogram per square centimeter )

Windchill 28 F/ -2 C

Visibility 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV 0 out of 16

Clouds

Mostly Cloudy 2200 ft / 670 m
Mostly Cloudy 3100 ft / 944 m
Overcast 4500 ft / 1371 m
(Above Ground Level)