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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
4 PM ADT WED JUN 30 2004

HIGH PRESSURE POSITIONED OVER THE BERING SEA AND NORTH POLE BROUGHT
CLEAR SKIES AND SCORCHING TEMPERATURES TO ALASKA'S WESTERN
COMMUNITIES TODAY. KIVALINA...JUST NORTH OF KOTZEBUE...FRIED UNDER
TEMPERATURES THAT APPROACHED THE 90 DEGREE MARK.  KIVALINA STARTED 
OUT EARLY THIS MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70'S AND BY 
NOON HAD HIT 89. THIS IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED SO FAR IN
THE STATE MAKING KIVALINA THE STATES HOT SPOT. 

KOTZEBUE BROKE A DAILY RECORD HIGH HITTING 81 DEGREE'S AT 3 PM. THE 
OLD DAILY RECORD FOR KOTZEBUE WAS 78 SET IN 1990.  AS TEMPERATURES 
TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB UNDER EXTENDED DAYLIGHT HOURS...KOTZEBUE 
HAS A CHANCE TO BREAK OR TIE THEIR ALL TIME RECORD HIGH OF 85 SET 
JUNE 1991. 

OTHER OUTSTANDING HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY INCLUDE:

AMBLER       84
BETHEL       74
BETTLES      82
FORT YUKON   81 
MCGRATH      77
NOME         70
ST. MARY'S   72 
WAINWRIGHT   60

TEMPERATURES OVER THE REMAINDER OF ALASKA WERE PRIMARILY IN THE 
UPPER 50'S TO MID 60'S. 

APPROXIMATELY 40 WILDFIRES CONTINUED TO BURN IN THE INTERIOR OF THE
STATE AND PRODUCED SMOKE FILLED SKIES AND REDUCED VISIBILITY
ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE GREATLAND. NEBESNA REPORTED THE 
WORST CONDITIONS WITH TOTALLY OBSCURED SKIES AND ZERO VISIBILITY IN 
SMOKE.  HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WERE NOT MUCH BETTER IN OTHER AREAS. 
POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO SMOKE WAS A COMMON FACTOR IN NUMEROUS 
REPORTS FROM INTERIOR STATIONS.

SMOKE ALSO MANAGED TO DRIFT OVER TO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
TO VALDEZ AND CORDOVA. SMOKE KEPT VISIBILITY FUZZY IN VALDEZ AND 
LOWERED VISIBILITY TO 4 MILES IN CORDOVA. SMOKE WAS RECORDED IN 
OBSERVATIONS AS FAR SOUTH AS JUNEAU.

A LOW OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND ANOTHER LOW SOUTH OF 
KODIAK CREATED FOUL CONDITIONS IN THESE LOCATIONS TODAY.  LOW
OVERCAST SKIES...RAIN AND FOG SHROUDED KODIAK AND DROPPED ABOUT
1/4 OF INCH OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. 

OVER THE ALEUTIANS...ATKA REPORTED SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO KODIAK
WITH THE ADDITION OF NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. 

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DR JUN 04
 

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