ABAK34 PACD 251521
PNSCDB
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLD BAY, AK
721 AM ADT TUE MAR 25 2008
...EXTENDED PERIOD OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES 
   FOR COLD BAY AND THE PENINSULA...
AN OUTBREAK OF COLD AIR THAT BEGAN LAST MONDAY WILL 
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE PENINSULA THROUGH LATE WEEK 
GIVING THE AREA AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MUCH BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. DAILY TEMPERATURES HAVE AVERAGED ABOUT 15
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL DURING THE PAST SEVEN DAY PERIOD.
THE AVERAGE DAILY NORMAL TEMPERATURE THIS TIME OF YEAR
IN COLD BAY IS 30 TO 31 DEGREES BUT WE HAVE SEEN NOWHERE
NEAR NORMAL READINGS. SINCE MONDAY MARCH 17TH DAILY 
HIGHS HAVE AVERAGED 19.8 DEGREES AND LOWS HAVE AVERAGED
12.0 DEGREES PRODUCING A DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 
ONLY 15.9 DEGREES OR ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE 
COLDEST DAYS DURING THIS PERIOD WERE FRIDAY AND 
SATURDAY WITH AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURES OF 20
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR EACH DAY AND WITH A NEAR RECORD
LOW TEMPERATURE OF 4 DEGREES RECORDED IN COLD BAY ON
FRIDAY.
EVEN THOUGH THE AREA EXPERIENCED SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURE READINGS DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF MARCH
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH IN 
COLD BAY IS 5.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH YESTERDAY.
EXPECT WINTER TO KEEP ITS ICY GRIP ON THE PENINSULA 
THROUGH THE WEEK AS A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IN 
THE BEARING SEA SINKS SOUTHWARD AND MOVES ON EAST OF THE
AREA THURSDAY. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH 
THE ALEUTIANS LATE IN THE WEEK WILL INCREASE TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND BUT COLD AIR SLIDING IN
FROM THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING
ADDITIONAL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH SPRING OFFICIALLY BEGAN LAST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WEATHER PATTERNS IN OUR AREA HAVE YET TO ADAPT AND
FALL INTO SYNCHRONIZATION WITH THE CALENDAR.
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HL MAR 08