ABAK01 PANC 130008
ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
4 PM AST WED NOV 12 2003


THE MAJOR WEATHER FEATURE AFFECTING THE STATE OF ALASKA TODAY WAS
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. THIS LARGE WEATHER
SYSTEM SPREAD CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION TO MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ALASKA WITH A PARTS OF THE INTERIOR AFFECTED.  SOUTHCENTRAL
MAINLY HAD SNOW TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO TO 8 INCHES AND RAIN IN
THE EASTERN PORTION OF PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. THE PANHANDLE HAD HEAVY RAIN
TODAY WITH SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. KETCHIKAN HAD THE HIGHEST
RECODED PRECIPITATION WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS WITH 3.19 INCHES OF RAIN. 
THE TANANA VALLEY IN THE INTERIOR HAD UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. 
ELSEWHERE LIGHT SNOW FELL IN THE NORTHSLOPE AND SHOWERS OF RAIN AND SNOW
AFFECTED THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TODAY. A DEEP LOW HAD JUST PUSHED INTO THE
ALASKA REGION NEAR ATTU RESULTING WITH CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND RAIN FOR THE
WESTERN ALEUTIANS.    

WINDS WERE GUSTY ALONG ALL OF THE COASTAL REGIONS TODAY.  THE ARCTIC COAST
HAD 30 MPH WINDS WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. THE BERING
STRAIT HAD 35 MPH WINDS WHICH SPREAD DOWN TO THE ALEUTIANS AND THE ALASKA
PENINSULA.  KODIAK ISLAND HAD GUST TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING. 30 MPH WINDS
OCCURRED ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHCENTRAL WITH 45 MPH WINDS THROUGHOUT THE
PANHANDLE.

AS OF 2 PM THE TEMPERATURES WERE AS FOLLOWS...
THE NORTHSLOPE AND THE INTERIOR  HAD TEENS TO NEGATIVE TEENS. WESTERN
ALASKA HAD TEENS TO 20S. SOUTH CENTRAL RANGED IN THE TEENS TO LOW 30S. THE
ALEUTIANS STAYED IN THE 30S. THE PANHANDLE HAD 40S TO LOW 50S. THE COLD
SPOT FOR THE DAY SO FAR WAS ANAKTUVUK PASS WITH A MINUS 24 DEGREES. THE
WARM SPOT FOR THE DAY SO FAR HAS BEEN ANNETTE WITH 52 DEGREES.  

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