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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
4 PM ADT MONDAY MAY 10 2004

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE...REACHING SOUTH ALONG THE AL-CAN BORDER
REGION OF ALASKA...TEAMED-UP WITH SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA IN AN ATTEMPT TO FEND-OFF LOW-PRESSURE
ENCROACHING FROM THE WEST. THE LOW'S CENTER WAS OVER THE BERING
STRAIT AT MIDDAY TODAY. AN ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT ARCHED BACK
FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE NORTH AND WESTERN INTERIOR...TO THE
ALASKA PENINSULA.

THE STATE WAS BLANKETED IN CLOUDS TODAY. RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG
THE WEAKENING FRONT AT NOME...BETTLES AND THE WESTERN FLANK
OF THE ALASKA RANGE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE
SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE EVERYDAY DEPARTMENT...A VOLCANIC
ASH ADVISORY...ISSUED LATE SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS...
WAS CANCELLED AT 5 AM TODAY. THE ADVISORY WAS ISSUED AS A
RESULT OF A STRONG ERUPTION FROM SHEVELUCH VOLCANO ON THE
KAMCHATKA PENINSULA SUNDAY.

WIND CONTINUED TO SIMMER ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA BY TODAY. THE
STRONGEST OCCURRED AT GOLOVIN WHERE SOUTHERLY GUSTS REACHED
25 MPH. SOUTH WIND OF SIMILAR STRENGTH STREAMED THROUGH THE
INTERIOR COMMUNITY OF GALENA. SOUTH TO WEST WIND...AROUND
20 MPH...SWEPT THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES OF ANIAK...ANVIK AND
SAND POINT THIS AFTERNOON. STRONGER WIND...WITH GUSTS FROM
30 TO 35 MPH...BUFFETED COLD AND HOOPER BAYS. WIND WAS LIGHT
OVER THE REMAINDER OF ALASKA.

TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTH RANGED FROM THE 20S..INTO THE 40S
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE WEST SAW READINGS IN THE MIDDLE
TO UPPER 40S DURING THE SAME PERIOD. THE INTERIOR...
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF ALASKA EXPERIENCED
TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S.

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RRW MAY 04
 

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