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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
4 AM ADT MONDAY JUNE 16 2003

HIGH PRESSURE WEDGED INTO SOUTHERN ALASKA FROM OVER THE EASTERN
GULF OF ALASKA MONDAY MORNING...AS LOW PRESSURE DROPPED SOUTH OF
THE GULF. A LINEAR AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED EAST-WEST
ACROSS THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF ALASKA. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE
AFFECTED THE NORTH SLOPE.

THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE WAS CLOUDY THIS MORNING. FOG NEAR
BARROW...DEADHORSE AND SAVOONGA REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THOSE AREAS
FROM 2 AND 1/2 MILES TO AS LOW AS 3/4 MILES. THUNDERSTORMS STILL
CRACKLED OVER THE YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND EASTERN BROOKS RANGE
LATE SUNDAY. RAIN WAS FALLING AFTER MIDNIGHT AT WHITTIER AND
KETCHIKAN.

WIND GUSTED BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH AT MCGRATH...NENANA...COLD BAY
...ANCHORAGE AND SKAGWAY EARLY MONDAY. WIND TO AROUND 30 MPH WAS
REPORTED AT MEKORYUK DURING THE SAME PERIOD. WIND WAS GENERALLY
LIGHT AT OTHER LOCATIONS IN ALASKA THIS MORNING.

EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTH RANGED FROM AROUND
30 DEGREES...ON THE NORTH SLOPE...TO THE MIDDLE 50S NEAR THE
BERING COAST. INTERIOR TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 40S
INTO THE LOWER 60S AT 1 AM MONDAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE WEST...
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WERE ALL IN THE UPPER 40S TO 50S
EARLY THIS MORNING.

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RRW JUN 03
 

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