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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
4 PM AST MON NOV 24 2003

...MANY WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES EFFECT PARTS OF THE STATE TODAY...

BY 3 PM A LOW SITTING IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR FRONTAL SYSTEM HAD 2
FRONTAL BOUNDARIES STRETCHING SOUTHWARD. THE FIRST REACHES OUT INTO
THE BERING SEA AND THE SECOND DROPPED DOWN TO THE KENAI PENINSULA AND
CONTINUED ALONG THE GULF COAST FROM SEWARD TO YAKUTAT. ANOTHER LOW
SAT NEAR YAKUTAT WITH ITS ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT ARCHING SOUTH DOWN
INTO THE NORTH PACIFIC. 

THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE IN THE INTERIOR AND AT THE NORTH
AND SOUTH END OF THE PANHANDLE. HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE FROM DALTON HIGHWAY WEST...UPPER
KOYUKUK VALLEY...YUKON FLATS WEST OF BEAVER AND CENTRAL INTERIOR.
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY...DENALI AND HYDER ALSO HAD HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS.
OVER 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WAS REPORTED AT HYDER AT 2 PM. SNOW
ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED TODAY FOR JUNEAU AND HAINES AREAS. SNOW
AMOUNTS IN THE JUNEAU AND HAINES AREAS RANGED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES
SINCE MIDNIGHT. SNOW FELL NORTH OF 50 DEGREES NORTH WITH RAIN TO THE
SOUTH...EXCEPT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS
OF THE PANHANDLE. SITKA GETS THE RECOGNITION OF THE WETTEST WITH A
COLLECTION OF 1.24 INCHES SO FAR TODAY.

WIND ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED FOR THE ALASKA PENINSULA...BALDWIN
PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY...SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST AND
CHUKCHI SEA COAST. THE PANHANDLE HAD WINDS MAINLY 15 MPH OR LESS. THE
REST OF THE STATE HAD WINDS THAT VARIED FROM CALM TO 30 MPH...EXCEPT
FOR AREAS OF ADVISORIES WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH.

HEAVY SURF WARNING CONTINUED NEAR SHISHMAREF AND ST LAWRENCE ISLAND
AND BERING STRAIT COAST.

BY 3 PM TEMPERATURES ON THE NORTH SLOPE WHERE NEAR TO JUST BELOW
ZERO...THE STATE LOW WAS AT ARCTIC VILLAGE WITH A DROP TO MINUS 17
DEGREES. TEMPERATURES FROM THE ALASKA RANGE TO BROOKS RANGE OVER THE
WEST COAST HAD TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND INTO THE 20S
WITH A FEW LOWER 30S. SOUTHCENTRAL RANGED FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO THE
UPPER 20S...A FEW MID 30S AT HOMER...SELDOVIA AND MIDDLETON ISLAND.
KODIAK ISLAND WARMED TO THE LOWER 40S. TEMPERATURES CONTINUED TO WARM
AS YOU TRAVELED SOUTH ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA WITH 30S AND
40S...ST MARYS WAS THE HOT SPOT AGAIN TODAY REACHING 48 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST HAD TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S AND LOWER 40S. 

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