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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
4 PM ADT WED JUL 7 2004

HIGH PRESSURE WEDGED ITS WAY ACROSS THE LOWER HALF OF
MAINLAND ALASKA TODAY..BRINGING NEARLY CLEAR SKIES TO
MANY AREAS. ACROSS THE FAR NORTH..LOW PRESSURE ACROSS
THE ARCTIC COAST IS SPREADING AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND
SOME FOG FROM THE ALCAN BORDER TO THE BERING STRAIT..
WHILE A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SOUTHWEST OF ATTU
IS PUSHING CLOUDS..RAIN AND FOG ACROSS THE END OF THE
ALEUTIAN CHAIN. LASTLY..A DECAYING FRONTAL CLOUD BAND
BROUGHT LOWER CLOUDS..SPOTTY RAIN AND SOME PATCHY FOG
OVER THE LOWER TWO-THIRDS OF THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE.

ANOTHER SUB-FREEZING MORNING AT BARROW..BOTTOMING OUT
AT 30 DEGREES. LOWS IN THE 30S WERE COMMON ALL ACROSS
THE ARCTIC SHORELINE..40S ALONG THE WESTERN COASTS TO
THE ALASKA PENINSULA..WHILE 50S WERE NOTED THROUGHOUT
THE INTERIOR. CONSIDERABLE SUNSHINE HELPED BOOST HIGH
TEMPERATURES TO THE 80S IN THE SOUTH..SEWARD THE WARM
SPOT AT 83 DEGREES AFTER 1 PM..ELSEWHERE UPPER 60S TO
70S WERE MORE COMMON ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS.

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KUTZ JUL 04
 

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