Weather: Wednesday 06.15.11

June Daily Weather Report
Hallo Bay * Homer
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►Flight advisory for Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak
The FAA has issued advisories for June 15 and 16 for pilots operating in the Anchorage, Fairbanks and Kodiak areas, warning that GPS signals may be unreliable on those days.

HALLO BAY
(observed weather from Camp: 07:00am)
58º 34’10.10 N, 153º 53’57.58 W
Weather Conditions:   Partly Cloudy 
Visibility:   40 miles 
Ceiling:   4,000 ft, broken clouds 
Wind:   NW -0- 
Wind Gusts:   to 2 mph 
Current Temp:   42F  (5.6c) 
High Daytime Temp Yesterday:   53F (11.7c) 
Low Daytime Temp Yesterday:   40F  (4.4c) 
Barometric Pressure:   29.98 Steady 
Outside Humidity:   93% 
Rainfall: 00.00 Total inches last 24 hours 
Rainfall: 04.13 Total inches for June  
Rainfall: 07.45 Total inches since May 14, 2011  
Observed Sea Swell off Beach:   1.0 ft 
Tigger Forecast: sleeping on her back last night, all 4 feet up...bad news weather-wise!
Actual Sunrise:   5:01 AM AKDT 
Actual Sunset:   11:42 PM AKDT 
Civil Twilight Sunrise:   3:26 AM 
Civil Twilight Sunset:   1:17 AM 
Moon Rise:   11:53 PM 
Moon Set:   4:52 AM 
Moon:   FULL MOON, 100% of Moon illuminated
FULL STRAWBERRY MOON: This name was universal to every Algonquin tribe. However, in Europe they called it the Rose Moon. Also because the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each year during the month of June . . . so the full Moon that occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry!
♦ June 15/16 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF MOON  
Length of Visible Daylight:   21h 50m 
Length of Day:   18h 40m 
Tomorrow will be 0m 56s longer     
THIS DATE IN ALASKA HISTORY:   June 15, 1867 -
HMS Sparrowhawk arrived from Victoria carrying Governor Frederick Seymour of British Columbia who came to settle Hudson's Bay Company affairs in Russian America. The company had much of Southeastern Alaska under lease from the Russians
AURORA FORECAST:   Low (2) 
AURORA LIVECAM
METEOR SHOWERS:   none

HOMERLat/Lon: 59.7° N 151.5° W
Weather Conditions:   Numerous showers. Patchy morning fog. Scattered showers in the evening. Highs in the upper 40F to upper 50F (7.8c to 13.3c). Lows in the mid 30F to lower 40F (1.7c to 4.4c). Wind Variable to 10 mph, then light winds this evening 
Actual Sunrise:   4:45 AM AKDT 
Actual Sunset:   11:27 PM AKDT 
Civil Twilight Sunrise:   3:09 AM 
Civil Twilight Sunset:   1:04 AM 
Moon Rise:   11:38 PM 
Moon Set:   4:36 PM 
Have a Safe Day!

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