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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
4 PM ADT TUE APR 6 2004

A LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA CENTERED SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND REEKED
HAVOC ALONG THE COAST FROM GORE POINT AT THE TIP OF THE KENAI 
PENINSULA TO CAPE EDGECUMBE...NEAR SITKA...ALONG THE OUTER COAST
OF THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE. GALE AND STORM WARNINGS FLAGGED THE 
MARINE FORECASTS KEEPING SHIPS IN PORT. HOMER...SEWARD...COOK 
INLET...MIDDLETON ISLAND AND CORDOVA ALL REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 
40 MPH OR GREATER...WITH WINDS TO 55 MPH REPORTED ROUNDING THE 
CORNER NEAR KAYAK ISLAND. 

THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF OF ALASKA LOW
MOVED INLAND OVER PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND SOAKED THE EASTERN SIDE
OF THE KENAI PENINSULA. PORTAGE WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS 
REPORTING A DAY LONG DELUGE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WHICH 
DUMPED OVER 2 INCHES OF WATER INTO THE AREA SINCE SEVEN THIS
MORNING. PORTAGE ALSO GOT SLAMMED WITH A STEADY BLAST OF STRONG 
WINDS REPORTING FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH AND PEAK WINDS NEAR
60 MPH.

ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE CONDITIONS WERE MUCH TAMER BY COMPARISON 
THOUGH THE BERING SEA DEFINITELY HAD AN INTERESTING DAY. WEATHER 
FORECASTERS IN THE PRIBILOF'S AIMED TO PLEASE ALL THEIR CUSTOMERS
BY SERVING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ONE COULD ORDER OFF THE OLD 
WEATHER MENU. THE SPECIAL OF THE DAY WAS A STANDARD ORDER OF LOW 
CLOUDS SERVED WITH A SIDE OF FOG...FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY THE MAIN 
COURSE...A DELIGHTFUL MIX OF SNOW...DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN. 
DESSERT CONSISTED OF A SLICE OF CLEAR SKY TOPPED WITH A WARM SCOOP
OF SUNSHINE. CERTAINLY ENOUGH WEATHER VARIETY TO SUIT EVERYONE'S
TASTE.

MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES ENCOMPASSED THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...
BRISTOL BAY AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA WITH POCKETS OF GUSTY WINDS
NEAR KING SALMON AND ILIAMNA. 
 
SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES WERE FOUND NORTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE WITH
OVERCAST SKIES AND FOGGY CONDITIONS ALONG THE ARCTIC COASTS. 
THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE HAD TEMPERATURES IN THE 30'S AND 40'S
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW PLACES OVER THE SOUTHEAST
PANHANDLE REPORTING HIGHS IN THE 50'S. THE BEST PLACE TO BE IN 
ALASKA TODAY WAS AT THE TIP OF THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE WHERE CLEAR 
SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND GLORIOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES PREVAILED. 
ANNETTE ISLAND...JUST SOUTH OF KETCHIKAN WAS THE HOT SPOT FOR THE 
STATE...REPORTING A SIZZLING 56 DEGREES AS OF 3 PM.

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DR APR 04
 

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