One of my good friends works at the National Weather Service Office in little McGrath, Alaska. If you're not a fan of our wind chills in the 30s, then maybe you should stop reading this post right now... because the Alaska interior is much colder.
As I type this, it's just after 10 a.m. in McGrath. The temperature is a chilly -16°! Good thing the wind is calm. They've also picked up quite a bit of snow this month. You can see a couple of webcams in the town by clicking here and here. (Oh, and that airport in the second link? That's the only way in and out of town.)
Fortunately, our cold blast will be short-lived this time; we're expecting highs to climb back up to around 60° later this week.
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Well, I'm glad I don't live in Alaska for a number of reasons.
It may not be -16 below zero here, but up in Madison WI we did get a pretty vigorous little snow shower for a while this afternoon.
Big giant flakes coming down at a pretty good clip ... and pretty much blowing sideways...
My whole office looked out the windows and issued a collective groan... many having the same thoughts as I, namely, "Didn't we have enough of this last winter to last at least a couple of years?" and, "Where did the summer go?"
I'm actually chatting with this friend now, and said that I wrote about McGrath on this blog.
He writes: "did you mention i biked home at 17 below"
I'm not jealous. :)
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