NOW we get fire danger , WHAT?

"
THROUGH THE MATANUSKA VALLEY AND THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA...
RESIDUAL SNOW PACK IS VERY LOW OR NON-EXISTENT. THIS RAISES FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS DUE TO THE DRYNESS OF THE AIRMASS (ALBEIT COLD AIR)
COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS. THROUGH THE MATANUSKA VALLEY...THERE IS
ALSO HEIGHTENED RISK OF A PROLONGED PERIOD OF BLOWING DUST AND SILT.
ELSEWHERE...STRONG WINDS OF A LESSER DEGREE WILL MAKE IT NOTICEABLY
BRISK WITH LOW WIND CHILLS BECOMING CONSIDERATIONS. CONFIDENCE THAT
STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IS HIGH..

Link
Special weather statement

Amazing
Cold, windy, dust, silt, & fire danger , In Feb.

 

With the ~2 ft of snow that melted in the last few weeks I have a hard time imagining it would be dry. It was wet and warm enough that my grass was turning green.

 

Newest fire weather warning:

"
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.

* LOCATION...SNOW FREE AREAS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WIND 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT."

 

So bizarre . You can't make this stuff up! Not my perception of Alaska. So that means you need an evacuation plan "just in case"

 

I would be more than happy to send you ALL of my snow. This weekend I may shovel my garage for the 2nd time in almost 20 years.

 

20 years.
Where you at ?
Hawaii ? LOL

I'd take it, my yard is bare.
Now we are to get cold dry wind to freezer burn the grass.

 

N. Mi.

 

You must mean shovel the roof due to more
snow than in the past winters.
My mistake, I was thinking driveway to the garage.

 

Friday: Areas of blowing dust. Partly sunny, with a high near 19. Northeast wind 70 to 75 mph decreasing to 65 to 70 mph in the afternoon.

Starts Thursday night at 45 mph being a little breezy then Thursday it gets windy .
Windy thru the weekend too. Humidity to be around 20%
Winter is back with vengeance .

Alerts issued February 05 at 11:05AM AKST by NWS
feed://alerts.weather.gov/cap/ak.php?x=1

Headed out to walk around & move or tie down any loose stuff.
Check on neighbor's yards on the "Up-wind side"

 

My bad I didn't say roof, sorry

 

How much snow you get so far ?
The weather folks say it's the worst winter in 20 years there. Hope it don't become the norm

 

Holy chit. That's insane wind, especially when it's 19 degrees.

 

weatherman trying to be funny:
Like I'll notice when the wind are
"decreasing from 70 - 75 to 65 - 70 " .

Hope the wood stacks stay up.
Should help dry the wood

Now they say "gusts to 80 mph"

 

Actually fairly normal for this area.

 

Today is the calm before the storm.
Tomorrow at this time, high winds (gusting to 80 mph )

Am hoping they are wrong but it went from a "Watch" to a "Warning"
Guessing they feel strongly it's gonna happen.

How to get a picture of 80 mph wind gust ?

 

With the snow all melted, humidity at 35% now
Gonna be a dust bowl.

Red flag warning too, fire danger as dry as it is.

Dennis said wind is the most important for drying firewood ,
should have some drier firewood afterward

 

That's gonna totally screw up your winter drying test.

 

Oh yea

HAH,
I forgot about the splits out in the stack.
Just hoping the stack is still stacked afterward

A Dark , cloudy day, not a breath of wind yet, feels kinda eery
Satellite show lots of movement north, headed our way.

Several days worth of wood still in the wood box.
Picked up, tied down everything I could see that possible could get blown off.