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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
400 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2009
ON THE OVERNIGHT WEATHER MAP FOR ALASKA...TWO WEAK LOWS WERE IN THE
CENTRAL BERING SEA CONNECTED WITH A WEATHER FRONT THAT STRETCHED EAST
TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA WHERE A WEAK LOW RESIDED AND THE FRONT
CONTINUED NORTH ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE THEN EAST TO NORTHWAY AND THE
SOUTHERN YUKON TERRITORY. A WEAK LOW WAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE KENAI
PENINSULA WITH AN ATTACHED WEATHER FRONT THAT SAGGED SOUTH AND EAST
TO THE GULF OF ALASKA. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE YUKON VALLEY
STRETCHED NORTH TO THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST.
SKIES WERE FAIR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE YUKON DELTA...LOWER YUKON
VALLEY AND KUSKOKWIM DELTA. SKIES WERE ALSO FAIR ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE WESTERN TANANA VALLEY AND YUKON FLATS.
THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE WAS MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SNOW ACROSS THE
BEAUFORT AND ARCTIC SEA COASTS AND ALONG THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST. SNOW
ALSO FELL AT BETTLES IN THE UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY...KING SALMON AND
SHEMYA ISLAND IN THE SOUTHWEST AND VALDEZ IN THE NORTHEAST PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW FELL AT DUTCH HARBOR AND
SEWARD. RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW AT WHITTIER WHILE YAKUTAT SAW SNOW THAT
CHANGED TO RAIN. SNOW AND FREEZING FOG REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO ONE
HALF MILE AT WALES IN THE NORTHWEST.
A PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN
THIRD OF THE STATE GENERATED NORTHERLY WINDS THAT GUSTED NEAR 45
MILES AN HOUR AT CAPE ROMANZOF...NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AT BOTH
GAMBELL AND POINT HOPE...NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR AT WALES AND NEAR 30
MILES AN HOUR AT SAVOONGA. A PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE EASTERN
ALEUTIANS GENERATED WEST WINDS THAT GUSTED TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AT
DUTCH HARBOR. A PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE
SOUTHCENTRAL REGION GENERATED EASTERLY WINDS THAT GUSTED NEAR 55
MILES AN HOUR AT PORTAGE GLACIER...NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR AT
MIDDLETON ISLAND AND NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AT CORDOVA.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTH WERE NEAR ZERO ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA
COAST TO THE TEENS FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND TO THE CHUKCHI SEA
COAST. ACROSS THE INTERIOR TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO
IN THE YUKON FLATS TO NEAR ZERO ACROSS THE MIDDLE YUKON VALLEY TO
NEAR 30 DEGREES ALONG THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE ALASKA RANGE NEAR
DENALI. ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM AND YUKON DELTA TO THE 30S ACROSS THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
SOUTHCENTRAL REGION WERE IN THE TEENS ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER
BASIN...20S ACROSS THE ANCHORAGE BOWL...30S ACROSS THE KENAI
PENINSULA AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TO THE 40S AT MIDDLETON ISLAND.
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM FROM THE UPPER 30S TO
LOWER 40S.
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DTN NOV 09