ABAK01 PANC 060935
ANCSWSAK

ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
4 AM AST TUE JAN 6 2004

THE MAIN INFLUENCING FEATURE ON THE WEATHER MAP THIS MORNING
WAS A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED JUST NORTH OF THE BERING
STRAIT AND HAD A RIDGE EXTENDING THROUGH THE INTERIOR AND INTO
CANADA. HIGH PRESSURE HAS BEEN PERSISTENT NOW FOR ALASKA SINCE
THE START OF THE NEW YEAR. THIS HAS ALSO KEEP PRECIPITATION 
AMOUNTS WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR THE STATE THIS JANUARY AND WITH
MANY LOCATIONS STILL AWAITING SOMETHING TO FALL ON THEM BE IT
WET OR WHITE. A DOUBLE BARREL LOOKING SET OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERS
WERE ALSO SITUATED OVER THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND KEPT A SQUEEZE
ON THINGS OVER THE ALEUTIANS AND THE BERING SEA.

HOWEVER...WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG AROUND PARTS OF THE INTERIOR
AND THE NORTHWEST ALONG WITH ANCHORAGE...ESPECIALLY FREEZING
FOG...SOME WERE ABLE TO SEE DEPOSITS OF ICE CRYSTALS ON FENCES
AND TREES AND OTHER EXPOSED OBJECTS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 
HOARFROST. BUT AS THE FOG BECAME THICKER IN PLACES OVERNIGHT AND
VISIBILITIES DROPPED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE...THE NEED FOR DENSE FOG
ADVISORIES CAME INTO PLAY. THESE ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED OVER THE
BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY...THE NORTHERN AND INTERIOR
SEWARD PENINSULA..ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST..
THE LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS AND YESTERDAY EVENING FOR THE
CHUKCHI SEA COAST AROUND SHISHMAREF. ANCHORAGE HAD YET ANOTHER 
NIGHT OF THE DENSE FOG AND OF COURSE THE NEED FOR AN ADVISORY TOO.

WINDS REMAINED ELEVATED OVER A FEW AREAS AND THE NEED FOR ACTIVE
WIND ADVISORIES CONTINUED FOR THE WESTERN AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS..
THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS..NORTHWESTERN ARCTIC COAST..THE ALASKA 
PENINSULA AND THE SOUTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AROUND THE
COPPER RIVER BASIN. A HIGH WIND WARNING WAS ALSO ISSUED FOR THE 
SUSITNA VALLEY LAST NIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
ANOTHER DAY OR TWO. OTHER HIGH WIND WARNINGS WERE ALSO ISSUED 
YESTERDAY EVENING IN ANTICIPATION OF A STRONG WIND EVENT YET TO
PRESENT ITSELF OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA SOMETIME LATER
TODAY AND POSSIBLY CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH
ALSO HAD TO BE ISSUED LAST NIGHT FOR DOWNTOWN CAPITOL CITY OF
JUNEAU FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF 60 MPH WINDS LATER TODAY AND 
WEDNESDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING ALSO REMAINED IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR THE 
EASTERN AND CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST.

TEMPERATURES AROUND THE STATE AS OF 3 AM SHOWED THE NORTH SLOPE
AND NORTHWEST ALASKA RANGING FROM THE SINGLE NEGATIVE DIGITS TO
AS WARM AS THE MID 20S ABOVE ZERO ON ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. THE 
INTERIOR REMAINED AN ICEBOX WITH READINGS IN THE MID 20S BELOW
TO 9 ABOVE AT DENALI PARK. FAIRBANKS AND EAGLE WERE THE COLDEST
SPOTS AT 27 AND 28 DEGREES BELOW RESPECTIVELY. THE KENAI PENINSULA
HAD YET ANOTHER NIGHT OF A FEW COLD POCKETS WITH NEGATIVE READINGS
ON THE THERMOMETER AT BOTH SOLDOTNA AND KENAI. THE WARMER LOWS
LAST NIGHT WERE EXPERIENCED AROUND THE ALEUTIANS AND WESTERN PARTS
OF THE STATE AND OF COURSE THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE. COLD BAY...
DUTCH HARBOR AND SAND POINT WERE THE WARM SPOTS WITH 37 DEGREES.
 
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JAN 04
 

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