Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska is (Crystal Wind Chime) hideous!

The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf in the Canadian arctic. File photo.


Photograph by: Denis Sarrazin/Center for Northern Studies/Handout/Reuters,


..."Arctic air temperatures were higher than normal, and Arctic sea ice continued to decline at a fast pace" last month, (click title to entry - thank you) the centre said in its July 6 report, adding that June also "saw the return of the Arctic dipole anomaly, an atmospheric pressure pattern that contributed to the record sea ice loss in 2007."...

Local Time: 3:20 PM AKDT (GMT -08)
Lat/Lon: 58.8° N 137.0° W
Elevation :: 33 feet
Temperature :: 57 Fahrenheit
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 82%
Dew Point :: 52 Fahrenheit
Wind :: 6 mph from the SW
Pressure :: 30.20 inches (Rising)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles
UV :: 2 out of 16
Clouds :: 3400 feet (Above Ground Level)