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10-29-2009, 06:02 PM
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Do what you love and never work a day!
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How is the wind out in the Valley right now?
Just curious. From what I can see from here, looks like allot of dust blowing around out there.
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10-29-2009, 06:25 PM
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
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Location: Sleep in Wasilla, Live in Alaska
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Knik River valley is really blowing up good.
We've had gusts to 40 mph, not really a big deal, sure it's much more around Butte.
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10-29-2009, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Moose Whisperer
Just curious. From what I can see from here, looks like allot of dust blowing around out there.
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It is blowing like crazy here in Wasilla; has been all day and I mean it's "windy." |
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10-29-2009, 06:57 PM
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winds in the 40s in valdez. gusts of almost 50. trash cans,lids, and tarps blowing away everywhere!
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10-30-2009, 08:11 PM
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We even have winds here in mid-town Anchorage today. Very windy! It looks really windy up on the hillside of course. Batten down the hatches!
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10-30-2009, 08:17 PM
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Its very windy here in Anchorage. In fact it opened my window all the way!  |
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10-30-2009, 08:19 PM
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
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Took a quick drive over to palmer today just to see how the winds were. Yep, they were a blowin'.
The sand and silt were making it so you could hardly see the mountains around there, and they are damn close. Still, the max winds are only around 40 MPH, really no biggie.
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10-30-2009, 08:21 PM
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Do what you love and never work a day!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bongo
We even have winds here in mid-town Anchorage today. Very windy! It looks really windy up on the hillside of course. Batten down the hatches!
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Actually, it's a North wind, so the hillside has been mostly dead calm. It's funny how the two are almost always exact opposites. It's also been about 10 degrees colder up here than down in the bowl all day as well. When the Chinooks blow form the east, the conditions reverse. |
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10-30-2009, 11:38 PM
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Drove into Anchorage in it today wind is gusty and all that airborne silt cant be good for the car when we got out it felt like we were being sandblasted, got back in the car and could feel the grit in my eyes. Hope it dies down its just not fun.
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10-31-2009, 12:10 PM
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bizarre!
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Originally Posted by Moose Whisperer
Actually, it's a North wind, so the hillside has been mostly dead calm. It's funny how the two are almost always exact opposites. It's also been about 10 degrees colder up here than down in the bowl all day as well. When the Chinooks blow form the east, the conditions reverse.
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Interesting Moose Whisperer. I stand corrected. But it sure LOOKED windy up on the hillside the way the snow was. It was 40-50 mph down here & the trees were bendin' & creakin'! It was clearly blowing from the north. We had the windchill factor yesterday down here to make up for the temperature differential!!
Today there is such a haze we can't even see the hillside! |
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