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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
4 AM AST MON FEB 10 2003

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DOMINATES THE ALASKA WEATHER MAP EARLY
THIS MONDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE STRETCHES FROM THE WESTERN GULF
NORTHWARD TO THE WESTERN INTERIOR. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM
THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA EASTWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TO THE
NORTH-CENTRAL AL-CAN BORDER AND EXITS THE STATE INTO THE NORTHERN
YUKON. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE LIES ALONG THE ARCTIC AND BEAUFORT SEA
COASTS..AND A SECOND RIDGE LIES FAR TO THE SOUTH ALONG THE EASTERN 
PANHANDLE..EXTENDING INTO SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA.

CLOUDY SKIES CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE..AND SNOW
HAS FALLEN DURING MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD ALONG THE ARCTIC 
COAST. GUSTY WINDS..35 TO 45 MPH..DEVELOPED SUNDAY ALONG THE BERING 
STRAIT AND ARCTIC COAST. BLOWING SNOW IS OCCURRING ALONG THE COAST 
..GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND IN MANY AREAS CAUSING NEAR 
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. LOWS AROUND THE REGION RANGE FROM THE NEGATIVE
SINGLE DIGITS ALONG THE COAST TO THE UPPER TEENS NEAR UNALAKLEET.
WIND CHILLS IN THE NEGATIVE 20S AND 30S ARE WIDESPREAD OVER THE 
AREA.

INTERIOR ALASKA REMAINED UNDER CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT. RAIN FELL
MOST OF THE NIGHT IN MCGRATH..AND RAIN DEVELOPED IN TANANA BUT 
TURNED TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW ALSO FELL IN THE KOYUKUK 
AND YUKON VALLEYS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND
35 MPH OCCURRING IN CHANNELED AREAS OF THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL 
INTERIOR LATE SUNDAY HAVE GREATLY DIMINISHED DURING THE COURSE OF
THE EARLY MORNING. LOWS RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE TEENS ALONG 
THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE AND THE YUKON FLATS
TO THE UPPER 30S IN DENALI PARK AND NEAR MCGRATH EARLY MONDAY.

WESTERN ALASKA HAS ALSO BEEN SWATHED IN CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. RAIN 
OCCURRED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE BRISTOL BAY AREA AND ALONG THE
NORTHERN ALASKA PENINSULA. SNOW ENDED LATE LAST NIGHT IN SAINT PAUL
AS WELL. BETHEL HAS SEEN A MIX OF RAIN..SNOW..AND FREEZING RAIN 
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. 20 TO 35 MPH WINDS CONTINUE NEAR THE YUKON
AND KUSKOKWIM RIVER DELTA AREAS..INCLUDING CAPE ROMANZOF AND HOOPER
BAY. EARLY MORNING LOWS RANGE FROM THE TEENS NEAR THE YUKON AND
KUSKOKWIM DELTAS TO THE UPPER 30S ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA.

RAIN FELL THROUGHOUT THE LATE AFTERNOON OVER MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL
ALASKA..SPREADING EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING TO COVER THE NORTHERN
HALF OF THE PANHANDLE AS WELL. RAIN ENDED IN THE ANCHORAGE AREA 
EARLY THIS MORNING. DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS THE RAIN CHANGED
TO SNOW IN THE VALDEZ AREA. GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE IN THE ANCHORAGE 
AREA..WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH AT THE SURFACE AND GUSTS TO NEAR 
50 MPH ON THE UPPER HILLSIDE. LOWS ALONG THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN 
GULF COAST RANGE FROM THE MID 30S IN VALDEZ TO THE MID 40S NEAR 
HOMER.

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WZ FEB 03
 

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