This is why we dream of next season, and meanwhile travel if possible.

I tried to copy and paste, to lock in the data for December 26, 2006. Notice the amount of daylight shown. It seems more like about 4 hours, when it's cloudy, which is most of the time. The available light is so dismal, that digital photos show blue light, even in the snow.

The bright side is that daylight tomorrow will be 51 seconds longer than today.


Hoonah, Alaska


Local Time: 5:25 PM AKST on December 26, 2006
Lat/Lon: 58.1° N 135.6° W (Google Map)


Current Conditions
Updated: 31 min 47 sec ago
Observed at: Hoonah, Alaska
Elevation: 30 ft / 9 m


31 °F / 0 °C
Clear
Humidity: 79%
Dew Point: 25 °F / -4 °C
Wind: Calm

Pressure: 29.78 in / 1008 hPa
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Clear -
(Above Ground Level)
Raw METAR
Aviation
Flight Rule: VFR (PAOH)
Wind Speed: 0 mph / 0 km/h / 0.0 m/s
Wind Dir: N/A
Ceiling: Unlimited
Full Report — Pilot Maps

Conditions Nearby
City Temp Conditions Updated
» Hoonah
31 °F / 0 °C Clear 4:56 PM AKST
Gustavus
30 °F / -1 °C Scattered Clouds 4:56 PM AKST
Elfin Cove
36 °F / 2 °C Scattered Clouds 2:58 PM AKST
Juneau
34 °F / 1 °C Mostly Cloudy 4:53 PM AKST


History & Almanac

Max Temperature Min Temperature
Normal 31 °F / 0 °C 26 °F / -3 °C
Record 50 °F / 10 °C (1999) 15 °F / -9 °C (1998)
Yesterday 39 °F / 4 °C 35 °F / 2 °C


Astronomy

December 26, 2006 Rise Set
Actual Time 8:49 AM AKST 3:16 PM AKST
Civil Twilight 7:57 AM AKST 4:09 PM AKST
Nautical Twilight 7:04 AM AKST 5:01 PM AKST
Astronomical Twilight 6:16 AM AKST 5:50 PM AKST
Moon 11:33 AM AKST (12/26) 11:58 PM AKST (12/26)
Length Of Visible Light: 8h 11m
Length of Day 6h 27m
Tomorrow will be 0m 51s longer.
Normal View Extended View

Waxing Crescent, 44% of the Moon is Illuminated


Today 12 / 26 / 2006
First Quarter 1 / 3
Full 1 / 11
Last Quarter 1 / 18
New


Hoonah, AK
31 °F / 0 °C
Clear
at 4:56 PM AKST


Nowcast as of 3:00 PM AST on December 26, 2006

Now
Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers through the evening. Southwest winds to 15 mph.
Forecast for Eastern Chichagof Island

Updated: 4:00 PM AST on December 26, 2006

No Active Advisories (US Severe Weather)



Tonight
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Patchy fog. Lows around 30. Southeast wind around 15 mph becoming light and variable.

Wednesday
Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. A 20 percent chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs around 31. Light winds becoming east around 15 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night
Snow likely. Windy. Snow accumulation around 2 inches. Lows around 31. East wind 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.

Thursday
Rain and snow likely. Windy. Highs around 37. East wind 20 to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

Thursday Night
Rain and snow...windy. Lows around 35. East wind 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.

Friday
Rain. Highs around 39.

Friday Night
Rain and snow. Lows around 32.

Saturday
Rain likely. Highs around 37.

Saturday Night
Rain likely. Lows around 35.

Sunday
Rain and snow likely. Highs around 36.

Sunday Night
Snow likely. Lows around 31.

New Years Day and Monday Night
Snow likely. Highs around 33. Lows around 31.

Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Highs around 33.



KB

Hey Goober,
A little bit bored, are we?

At least you aren't on the slope!

Been There, Done That! Even got the T-shirt, or in this case Parka.

He should go to work pullin riggin on a ground lead side hill in late Jan.....On a Long setting with a double o nine......And big wood....... It,s all in the perspective!!!!!

Thanks Guys for the pep-talk. I feel much better now.
KB

quote:

This is why we dream of next season,

I heard of the beach slaughter over there. They're won't be many deer around next year (reduced limits?) I remember to good old days of 6 deer per person.

MM

Well, the prediction of windy for Thursday night was an understatement. The wind was fierce last night - I could feel the whole house shaking, and the wind and rain screeming. I'm sure glad I was in a warm house rather than stranded on some beach, in a tent.

Yes, the deer slaughter was really something. The heavy snow in November pushed them all down on the beach for easy pickings. The walkways at the boat harbor were very bloody from the deer being unloaded. I heard that Kodiak was much the same.

F&G has been advising to spare the does, and take yearlings, and bucks, but I don't know how well folks are listening to that. I know the last time I was out, I saw several does, with fawns. We got a yearling, and left the does alone. Hopefully we will have a good survival rate. The rain has washed some of the snow away, so the deer can get into the timber for some shelter. I saw several places where the forest was open.

If the weather is tolerable, I want to get out one more time before season is over, at least to see what's there, but it's pretty cold and dismal for an open skiff. Hunting in the forest is over by 2:30, because the light is so dim, and it feels pretty good to get home by 3:00 or 3:30. One of the last things I want right now is to be caught out there overnight should something happen to the outboard, or the weather turn really bad suddenly. Short hunting days are OK now, because that's about all I can stand.

KB