AWAK88 PAVW 062348
RWSAK
ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 6 2008
A LARGE..STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS ANCHORED SOUTH OF SAND POINT
IN THE FAR WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THE LOW
WAS HELD IN PLACE BY A STRONG HIGH OVER THE NORTHEASTERN
PACIFIC..WHICH STRETCHED NORTH ALONG THE PANHANDLE TO A SECOND HIGH
OVER THE SOUTHERN YUKON TERRITORY..AND CONTINUED FARTHER NORTH INTO
THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY AND THE CENTRAL INTERIOR OF THE GREAT LAND.
ANOTHER STRONG HIGH WAS POSITIONED OVER THE WESTERN BEAUFORT SEA..
SEPARATED FROM THE INTERIOR HIGH BY A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE
BROOKS RANGE. WEAKER LOW PRESSURE EXISTED FAR TO THE WEST OVER THE
WESTERN ALEUTAINS..AS WELL AS SIBERIA AND THE BERING STRAIT.
THOUGH THE MOST POPULATED PARTS OF ALASKA WERE UNDER CLOUD-COVER
TODAY..THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE STATE SAW MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS.
CLOUDS CIRCLED AROUND THE WESTERN GULF LOW..COVERING THE NORTHEASTERN
GULF..SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA..THE SOUTHWESTERN MAINLAND..Y-K DELTA..
ALASKA PENINSULA..THE PRIBILOFS..AND THE ALEUTIANS. RAIN FELL FROM
THE WESTERN KENAI TO KODIAK ISLAND..AND WESTWARD ALONG THE ALASKA
PENINSULA TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. THE RAIN WAS HEAVY IN SOME AREAS
..INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND WHERE OVER AN INCH OF RAIN WAS RECEIVED
BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM TODAY.
FOGGY CONDITIONS WERE NOTED TODAY ALONG MOST OF THE COAST FROM
NUNIVAK ISLAND NORTHWARD..AND WEST ALONG THE NORTHERN COASTLINE.
VISIBILITIES WERE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT.
GUSTY WINDS WERE EVIDENT NEAR THE CENTER OF THE GULF LOW..WITH GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA AND
BRISTOL BAY COAST.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR ROSE INTO THE
MID 60S TODAY..WITH 50 DEGREE HIGHS NOTED THROUGHOUT SOUTHCENTRAL..
SOUTHEASTERN..AND SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA..AND A HANDFUL OF MID TO UPPER
30S AND LOW 40S UNDER FOGGY CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
COASTS OF THE STATE.
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WZ SEP 08