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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
4 PM AST WED MAR 31 2004

...COLD CONTINUES TO GRIP MAJORITY OF ALASKA...

NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE WEATHER MAP TODAY...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUED 
OVER THE BERING SEA AND NORTHERN ALASKA WITH WEAK TROUGHS OF LOW 
PRESSURE EMBEDDED OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN INTERIOR SECTIONS 
OF THE STATE. ANOTHER LOW WAS PARKED IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF 
ALASKA...JUST SOUTH OF PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. 

REPORTS OF SNOW WERE SPLATTERED OVER THE INTERIOR AND NORTHERN 
PARTS OF THE STATE WITH HELP FROM THOSE WEAK TROUGHS OF LOW 
PRESSURE MENTIONED EARLIER. A FEW PLACES REPORTING SNOW WERE 
DEADHORSE...BETTLES...RED DOG MINE...SLANA AND NEBESNA. 

SOUTHCENTRAL...THE SOUTHEAST MAINLAND AND PANHANDLE REPORTED 
MAINLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS GENERATED FROM
THE NORTH GULF LOW.

IN THE INTERIOR...IT WAS ANOTHER DAY OF THINGS NOT GOING WELL IN 
CANTWELL. CANTWELL...LOCATED NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE FAIRBANKS AND
DENALI HIGHWAYS...ENDURED ANOTHER ROUND OF POUNDING FROM MOTHER 
NATURE...REPORTING BLOWING SNOW...STRONG GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND 
DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.  BESIDES THE HONOR OF HAVING THE WORST
WEATHER IN THE STATE FOR THE DAY...CANTWELL ALSO GETS BRAGGING 
RIGHTS FOR THE COLDEST WIND CHILL READING...REPORTING A BONE 
CLATTERING 43 BELOW AT 8 AM THIS MORNING.  

TEMPERATURES ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE ALSO FAILED TO RESEMBLED 
ANYTHING  VERY SPRING-LIKE. THERMOMETERS RECORDED SUB-ZERO 
READINGS FROM THE NORTH SLOPE SOUTHWARD...COVERING ALL OF INTERIOR 
ALASKA AND THE WESTERN MAINLAND. THE EXCEPTION WAS COLD BAY...THAT 
KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS ABOVE ZERO IN SPITE OF A COLD 
NORTHERLY WIND FLOW.

WARMER...BUT STILL WINTER-LIKE TEMPERATURES RULED SOUTHCENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST ALASKA WITH SINGLE DIGIT READINGS REPORTED OVER 
ANCHORAGE...PALMER AND WASILLA UNTIL NOON. KODIAK...WHICH SAW 
READING IN THE MID 20'S YESTERDAY...ALSO WOKE UP TO SINGLE DIGIT'S 
THIS MORNING AND A SUB-ZERO WIND CHILL. 

THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE...INCLUDING THE ALEUTIAN 
ISLANDS ENGAGED IN A HEATED BATTLE FOR THE STATES HOT SPOT.  
ADAK..OUT ON THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN...REPORTED A BALMY 41 DEGREES...BUT 
LOST THE TITLE TO ANNETTE ISLAND...WHO SCORCHED THE COMPETITION 
WITH A BLISTERING AFTERNOON HIGH OF 44 DEGREES.

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DR MAR 04
 

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