Weather Wonders

I don’t even want to type the words for fear that once they’re written, everything will very suddenly change.

Ok, here goes. Today is the sixth day of sun in Wrangell, sixth day in a row. Six days of blue sky with scarce clouds, the sun shining, and 70+ degree weather. This is the most amazing thing to happen to Wrangellites, and almost too good to be true. And, like all good things, this will come to an end.

Here is today’s forecast according to Everett Hinkley:

TODAY...SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. HIGHS AROUND 74. NORTHEAST WIND 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

I’m skeptical of the thunderstorms as, in my almost two years of living in this rainy wonderland, I’ve never once heard thunder. But it could happen. Just recently, Petersburg, the town located on neighboring Mitkof Island, had an occurrence of lightning, which is so rare there was a lengthy radio news report on it.

Here's the sun shining on LeConte Glacier on Saturday, the first of this six-day sun streak: