ABAK34 PAOM 011920
PNSOME
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOME AK
1120 AM AKDT MON SEP 1 2008
...NOME MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2008...
THE MONTH OF AUGUST BEGAN COOL, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND
50S DURING THE FIRST TEN DAYS.  HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED THE 60S AND
70S FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, PROVIDING SUMMERTIME CONDITIONS THAT
NOMEITES HAD BEEN WAITING FOR.  A COLD AIR MASS FROM THE HIGH ARCTIC
THEN COOLED HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN TO THE 40S AND 50S, AND EVEN
DROPPED LOWS TO THE 20S AND 30S TO ROUND OUT THE MONTH.  THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE RECORDED WAS 71 DEGREES ON THE 21ST, AND THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 29 DEGREES ON THE 26TH. TEMPERATURES REACHED 70
DEGREES OR HIGHER ON THREE DAYS, WHILE FOUR DAYS SAW TEMPERATURES OF
32 DEGREES OR LOWER.
THIS MONTH WAS UNUSUALLY DRY, AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE WEATHER
PATTERN.  MEASURABLE RAINFALL WAS RECORDED ON THIRTEEN DAYS, WITH AN
AVERAGE DAILY AMOUNT OF ONLY 0.02 INCHES.  THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION
FOR THIS MONTH WAS 0.56 INCHES, WHICH IS 2.67 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE
FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.  THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF RAINFALL RECORDED WAS
0.24 INCHES ON THE 3RD.  THUNDER WAS REPORTED ON THE 18TH, AS
ELEVATED CONVECTION OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA.
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SAK SEP 08