ABAK01 PANC 062344
ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
4 PM ADT SUN APR 6 2003

THE ALASKA WEATHER MAP CONSISTED OF A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. ITS ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WAS WRAPPED
AROUND THE LOW AND MOVING TOWARDS THE PANHANDLE. THERE WAS AN
STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE
FROM THE ANCHORAGE BOWL AREA EASTWARD INTO CANADA.

MOST OF THE STATE WAS MOSTLY CLEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE ALEUTIANS. MOST OF
THE PRECIPITATION THAT FELL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS FELL ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE
ALEUTIANS. MOST OF THESES AMOUNTS WERE LESS THAN A HALF INCH OF
PRECIPITATION...THERE WAS SOME AREAS NEAR ANCHORAGE AND ACROSS
THE WESTERN ALASKA REPORTED SOME PRECIPITATION BUT MOST AMOUNTS
WERE LESS THAN AN TENTH OF AN INCH. THERE WAS STRONG WINDS
REPORTED FROM MIDDLETON ISLAND TO ADAK. MOST OF THE WIND SPEEDS
WERE FROM 30 TO 45 MPH. 

THE OVERNIGHT LOW TEMP FOR THE STATE WAS 23 BELOW ZERO REPORTED
AT WAINWRIGHT AIRPORT. TEMPS ACROSS THE STATE AS OF 3PM...TEMPS
ALONG THE SLOPE RANGED FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO SINGLE
DIGITS BELOW. TEMPS ON THE WEST COAST VARIED FROM THE SINGLE
DIGITS ABOVE IN THE NORTH TO THE MID 30S IN THE SOUTH. TEMPS
ALONG THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA WERE MAINLY IN
THE 30S. THE STATIONS IN THE INTERIOR REPORTED TEMPS FROM THE
SINGLE DIGITS IN THE NORTH TO THE UPPER 20S IN THE SOUTH.
STATIONS IN THE ANCHORAGE BOWL AREA REPORTED TEMPS MAINLY IN THE
UPPER 30S BUT CORDOVA REPORTED 42 DEGREES AT 3 PM. TEMPS ALONG
THE PANHANDLE WERE MAINLY IN THE 40S BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
STATIONS THAT REPORTED TEMPS IN THE UPPER 30S. THE HOT SPOT FOR
THE STATE TODAY WAS HYDER WHICH REPORTED 45 DEGREES.


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