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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
4 AM ADT WED OCT 15 2003

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA TO THE 
BEARING STRAIT THIS EVENING PRODUCING LIGHT WINDS FOR THE NORTH
SLOPE. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM IN THE MID INTERIOR SEEMS TO BE THE
DIVIDING LINE OF THE REAL COLD AIR. A TRIPLE HEADED LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC ALONG THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN AND INTO
THE GULF OF ALASKA HAS BECOME THE MAJOR PLAYER FOR THE LOWER THIRD
OF THE STATE.

THE NORTH SLOPE AND NORTHWEST SAW SOME MILD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING
NORTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE DUE TO THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. SOME 
PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WERE VIEWED AT BARROW BUT QUICKLY CHANGED
TO FOG AS EVENING TEMPERATURES COOLED. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 
RETURNED TO GAMBELL WITH SOME 40 MPH GUSTY IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE
MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS AGAIN AT SNOWSHOE LAKE WITH
9 DEGREES ABOVE. A REGULAR HEAT WAVE FROM YESTERDAY'S 5 ABOVE.

PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES REPORTED ACROSS THE INTERIOR THIS 
EVENING AND TONIGHT WITH A FEW AREAS A LITTLE BETTER. CLEAR SKIES
AT SLANA..HUSLIA AND LATER INTO DENALI PARK MARKED A FEW IMPROVED
AREAS. TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR WERE IN THE LOW 40'S
TO THE MID TEENS AT NORTHWAY. RAIN AND FOG AT MCGRATH WAS THE ONLY 
WET SPOT FOR THE REGION. WINDS TO 25 MPH WERE REPORTED VICINITY OF
KALTAG AND HUSLIA OTHERWISE THE WIND WERE TOLERABLE.

THE LOWER THIRD OF THE STATE SEEMS TO HAVE THE BREEZIEST AND WETTEST
CONDITIONS. THE STRONG LOW VICINITY OF COLD BAY..DUTCH HARBOR AREAS
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CLOUDY SKIES AND GUSTY WINDS. THE WIND FIELD
REACHED FROM COLD BAY TO SAND POINT WITH RANGES TO NEAR 35 MPH. RAIN
ALONG THE ALEUTIANS WERE WIDE SPREAD AND LIGHT COMPARED TO 
SOUTHCENTRAL. KODIAK REPORTED AN INCH AND A HALF ENDING A 3 PM, BUT
OTHER AREAS WITH RAIN AND FOG WERE SELDOVIA..SEWARD..HOMER AND
WHITTIER. TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTH EAST WERE AGAIN IN THE MID 50'S
WITH ANNETTE SOARED TO 54F. 


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JR OCT 03
 

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