Strange winter in southeast Alaska so far. In early November we had a fairly heavy dump of snow which stayed for quite awhile Ever since rain and rising temperatures made the piles and berms disappear we get a day or two of tiny flakes barely covering pavements and roadways and then it disappears in a day or so. Just now I checked the temp- it is 41 degrees and windy, not a speck of white to be seen.

Juneau is a linear town, 45 miles long but very narrow. running alongside the ocean, so the climate from one spot to another is quite different. Out by the main glacier - as the raven flies, perhaps 10 miles from downtown where I am - they get a lot more snow than we do (we get more rain) so it may be Christmas out there.