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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
400 AM AKST SUN NOV 8 2009
LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED TO REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA.
A TROUGH EXTENDED FROM THE CENTER OF THE LOW INTO THE INNER CHANNELS
OF THE PANHANDLE DOWN TO THE DIXON ENTRANCE. A FRONTAL ZONE STRETCHED
FROM THE KENAI OVER TO SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND INTO YUKON
TERRITORY. WEAK LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE GREAT BEAR
LAKE. HIGH PRESSURE COULD BE FOUND JUST NORTH OF THE GULF OF ANADYR.
LIGHT RAIN FELL THROUGH THE ALEUTIANS TURNING TO SNOW OVER THE ALASKA
PENINSULA AND PRIBILOFS. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES COVERED MOST
OF BRISTOL BAY UP THROUGH THE YUKON DELTA TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA.
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES FELL ALONG THE NORTHERN ARCTIC AND BEAUFORT
SEA COASTS. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY FOG OCCURRED THROUGH THE
CENTRAL INTERIOR AND EASTERN ALASKA. RAIN SHOWERS WERE EXPERIENCED
FROM YAKUTAT DOWN THROUGH THE INNER CHANNELS OF THE PANHANDLE REGION.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER RANGED FROM BELOW ZERO SINGLE
DIGITS TO UPPER 20S. THE INTERIOR WAS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND
BELOW ZERO. THE WESTERN AND ALEUTIAN AREAS HAD READINGS OF 10 ABOVE
AT ANIAK AND ANVIK TO SAND POINT 33 AND SAINT PAUL 34 DEGREES. THE
SOUTHCENTRAL REGION WAS MOSTLY UPPER 20S TO MID 30S EXCEPT MIDDLETON
ISLAND AT 45. SOUTHEAST ALASKA WAS MOSTLY 40S EXCEPT CORDOVA AT 34.
WINDS GUSTED TO 42 AT WHITTIER...36 AT CAPE ROMANZOF AND NEAR 30 MPH
AT DUTCH HARBOR AND JUNEAU...SEWARD AND CANTWELL HAD WINDS NEAR 25.
SNP NOV 09
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