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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
400 PM AKDT THU MAY 1 2008
ON THE WEATHER MAP THIS AFTERNOON...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WAS ONCE
AGAIN LOCATED IN THE GULF OF ALASKA...MAKING FOR UNSETTLED WEATHER
CONDITIONS ALONG COASTAL AREAS FROM KODIAK ISLAND DOWN TO THE
SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE.  AN ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS SHOWN TO
EXTEND FROM THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR REGION.
HIGH PRESSURE WOULD BE THE DOMINATE FEATURE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE STATE...WITH ONLY THE CENTRAL ALEUTIAN ISLANDS STARTING TO SEE
THE EFFECTS FROM AN INCOMING WEATHER SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHWESTERN
GULF OF ALASKA.
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WOULD BE FOUND ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MAINLY OVERCAST CONDITIONS BEING REPORTED ALONG
THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF FROM PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE KENAI
PENINSULA. A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE BEING REPORTED FROM KODIAK
ISLAND...WITH HEAVIER RAIN REPORTS FOUND ALONG THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST
PANHANDLE. FOR BRISTOL BAY AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA...SNOW SHOWERS WERE BEING REPORTED FOR THOSE AREAS THROUGH THE
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE NORTHERN ARCTIC AND BEAUFORT SEA COASTLINE
WOULD ALSO SEE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS...WITH EVEN A FEW REPORTS OF
BLOWING SNOW AT DEADHORSE. 
SPEAKING OF THOSE GUSTY WINDS...A BRISK WIND ADVISORY WAS STILL
ACTIVE THIS AFTERNOON FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE BEAUFORT SEA
COASTLINE. GUSTY WINDS WERE ALSO BEING REPORTED ALONG THE ALASKA
PENINSULA AND NORTHEAST GULF COAST...WITH REPORTED WIND SPEEDS IN
EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE STATE RANGED FROM THE 20S ALONG THE NORTHERN
SLOPES AND COASTS....TO MID 40S AND LOWER 50S FOR THE INTERIOR AND
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST REGIONS. WARM SPOT THIS AFTERNOON...CAME
IN FROM YAKUTAT...WITH A REPORT OF 52 DEGREES AT THE TIME OF THIS
REPORT.   
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RW MAY 08