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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
4 AM AST FRI DEC 5 2003

A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OCCUPIED THE UPPER TWO THIRDS OF 
ALASKA YESTERDAY. A STRONG LOW CENTER IN THE GULF OF ALASKA HAS
MOVED SOUTHEASTERLY, HOWEVER, A MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW
OVER THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA STILL EXISTS. A WEAK
FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG THE ALASKA MOUNTAIN RANGE SEPARATES THE
MOIST AIR IN THE SOUTHEASTERN LOW.

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WERE REPORTED OVER MOST OF THE NORTH SLOPE AND
NORTHWEST CANADA. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WERE OBSERVED
ALONG THE WEST COAST AND THE BERING STRAIT AT KOYUK AND GAMBELL.
TEMPERATURES ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE RANGE IN THE MINUS 20 TO 30
DEGREES AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE BROOKS RANGE FROM MINUS
11 TO A 7 ABOVE AT SHISHMAREF AND UNALAKLEET.

THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE STATE WERE IN THE GRIP OF OLD MAN 
WINTER FOR MOST OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WERE BEING REPORTED ALL 
IN THE MINUS FIGURES EXCEPT FOR DELTA JUNCTION AND TANANA AND 
THEY WERE JUST 2 ABOVE. MOST OF THE STATIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR
REPORTED CALM WINDS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WHICH WAS A BLESSING 
NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THE WIND CHILL FACTOR.

SNOW WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE AT
SAINT PAUL ISLAND..COLD BAY AND SAND POINT. THE REMAINDER OF THE 
STATIONS WERE REPORTING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS. MOST 
REPORTING POINTS HAD MILD WINDS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE EARLY 
EVENING. TEMPERATURES BEING REPORTED WERE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 
30'S TO SINGLE DIGITS.

SOUTHCENTRAL AND THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE REPORTED THE MORE 
PLEASANT WEATHER FOR THE DAY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND MOSTLY
MILD TEMPERATURES. ELMENDORF AND GLENNALLEN SPOILED THE PICTURE
WITH MINUS TEMPERATURES COMING IN AT MINUS 22 AT GLENNALLEN AND
ZERO AT ELMENDORF. MOST OF THE REPORTING STATIONS WERE IN THE 
MID 30'S AND SOME WERE FORTUNATE TO MOVE INTO THE MID 40'S. GUSTY
WINDS STRETCHED ACROSS THE GULF FROM THE KENAI PENINSULA TO 
YAKUTAT. ADVISORIES OVER THE PORTS FROM WHITTIER TO VALDEZ PRODUCED
GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH ALONG BAYS AND PASSES AND CHANNELED AREAS.

THE ALASKA TEMPERATURE EXTREMES OVER THE PASS 24 HOURS ENDING AT 
3 PM WERE HIGHEST AT BISHOP POINT WITH 49 DEGREES. THE LOWEST OVER
LAST 12 HOURS WERE AT BETTLES WITH MINUS 54 DEGREES. 

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JR DEC 03
 

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