ABAK01 PANC 071345 ANCSWSAK ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK 4 AM ADT TUESDAY OCTOBER 7 2003 LOW PRESSURE...WITH CENTERS EAST OF KODIAK ISLAND AND OVER BRISTOL BAY...MAINTAINED ITS CONTROL OVER ALASKAN WEATHER ON TUESDAY MORNING. A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILT OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN CHAIN. THE TWIN LOWS ROTATED CLOUDS OVER THE ENTIRE ALASKAN MAINLAND. MIST AND FOG MOVED IN AND OUT OF THE FIORDS OF PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND EARLY TUESDAY...AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITY AT WHITTIER AND VALDEZ TO BETWEEN 2 AND 3 MILES. ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FOG PRODUCED THE SAME RESULT AT BARROW AND WAINWRIGHT. FREEZING RAIN FELL OUT OF THE MIST AT NUIQSUT DURING THE SAME PERIOD. PLAIN OLD RAIN AFFECTED COLD BAY AND KING SALMON IN THE WEST. RAIN ALSO FELL OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL AT CORDOVA...WHITTIER...SEWARD AND SELDOVIA EARLY TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD WIND AFFECTED THE STATE THIS MORNING. IN THE NORTH... NORTH TO EAST WIND GUSTING BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH SWEPT GAMBELL... POINT LAY...SAVOONGA AND WAINWRIGHT. WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH BUFFETED BARROW AND NUIQSUT. WIND APPROACHING 50 MPH SHOOK DWELLINGS NEAR BARTER ISLAND AND DEADHORSE. IN THE INTERIOR...SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTED NEAR 30 MPH AT DELTA JUNCTION EARLY TUESDAY. COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN ALASKA REPORTED WEST TO NORTH WIND...BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH AT COLD BAY...DUTCH HARBOR...MEKORYUK AND SAINT PAUL ISLAND THIS MORNING. LESSER WIND...GUSTING AROUND 20 MPH...AFFECTED HOOPER BAY AND CAPE ROMANZOF. EAST WIND BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH STREAMED OVER THE NORTH GULF COAST COMMUNITIES OF CORDOVA AND WHITTIER DURING THE SAME PERIOD. WIND WAS RELATIVELY LIGHT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 30 DEGREES TO AS WARM AS 45 DEGREES ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA. INTERIOR TEMPERATURES EXHIBITED A SIMILAR RANGE. THE ENTIRE WEST AND MOST OF THE SOUTHCENTRAL WAS IN THE 40S AT 1 AM TUESDAY. KENAI WAS A WARM SPOT...AT 50 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES ALONG THE SOUTHEAST RANGED IN THE 50S. $$ RRW OCT 03 NNNN