Weather

[Alaskan]

uck... that time of year... pitch dark at 8... still dark at 9...

hard to get out of bed.... blah

can't yet tell that each day is longer than the last.

 

[NH Homesteader]

How many hours of daylight do you have right now @Alaskan ? I think that’s my #1 reason I couldn’t live in Alaska.

 

[Alaskan]

How many hours of daylight do you have right now @Alaskan ? I think that’s my #1 reason I couldn’t live in Alaska.

Uh..... depends on how you count...

Like... now it is just after 9am, and the sky has brightened... but the sun isn't visible.

The sun skims along the southern horizon (well... the eastern edge of the southern horizon) for an hour or so before getting over the mountains.... then it stays a few feet above the mountains... as it travels west.... then another hour long sunset.

So... does the day start when the sky starts to lighten? Or when you actually see the full sun?

I looked that up once... technically it is nautical, civil, and astronomical dawn (and twilight... whatever)


From:

Twilight, Dawn, and Dusk

Twilight is the time of the day when the Sun illuminates the Earth's atmosphere even though it is below the horizon and not directly visible.

www.timeanddate.com

Anyway... at the darkest day of the year... we get 5 hours... I think almost 6.

But, because of the hour plus long sunrise/sunset thing... I always feel that it is such a nebulous concept.

Floofy... can't catch it..... like the weather forecast... make it whatever it is you want it to be....

 

[flowerbug]

uncivil twighlight... that's when it is cold and rainy or cold and snowing...

 

[flowerbug]

uncivil twighlight... that's when it is cold and rainy or cold and snowing...

and a friend of mine who i knew a long time ago who was from the southern parts called it "Right raw weather!" yeah, i got that too.

 

[FarmerJamie]

The storm track has shifted west...towards us

 

[NH Homesteader]

Currently -11 actual temp, around -30 wind chill I think… ugh. And currently forecasted for 8-14” on Monday. Hopefully that changes because we don’t have time to deal with that much snow!

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

We got about 2 inches yesterday and is -1 out but the sun is up!

 

[Cecilia's-life]

12 degrees and cloudy today. I have no plans of going outside. I’ll let Gianna do all that

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Currently -11 actual temp, around -30 wind chill I think… ugh

Nope. No way. Uh uh. All of ya'll who deal with this are tougher than me!

We're crazy windy - gusts around 40mph. Made carrying hay interesting. Started for one feeder with a whole armload of hay. By the time I walked about 20 ft hardly any hay left, lol. Most of it was in my hair.