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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
400 AM AKDT WED SEP 3 2008
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE POSITIONED OVER KODIAK ISLAND WOULD BE THE
MAIN WEATHER-MAKER FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA AND LOCATIONS ALONG THE
NORTHEAST GULF COAST. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF
THIS SYSTEM...WOULD MAKE FOR STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WINDS FOR THE
KENAI PENINSULA AND ACROSS PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR
70 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED OUT OF PORTAGE...WHICH CALLED FOR A
HIGH WIND WARNING TO BE ACTIVATED FOR LOCATIONS ALONG WESTERN PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND AND THE KENAI MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL WOULD ALSO BE A
HIGHLIGHT THIS MORNING FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE NORTH COAST
FROM THE KENAI PENINSULA EAST TO YAKUTAT.
OUT WEST...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE LOCATED SOUTH OF ADAK...MADE FOR
AREAS OF RAIN AND FOG FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG WERE ALSO DOMINANT
ACROSS THE BERING SEA AND PRIBILOF ISLANDS. PARTLY CLOUDY TO FAIR
CONDITIONS WERE FOUND ACROSS THE INTERIOR REGION...WHILE LOW CLOUDS
AND AREAS OF FOG WERE FOUND TO THE NORTH ALONG THE ARCTIC SEA COAST
AT POINT BARROW. 
TEMPERATURE READINGS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S WERE POPULAR
ACROSS MOST REGIONS THIS MORNING...WITH THE EXCEPTION TO LOCATIONS
ALONG THE NORTHERN SLOPES AND COASTS...WHICH SAW READINGS IN THE
LOWER 30S. COLD SPOT ACROSS THE STATE WAS EAGLE...WITH A MERCURY
READING OF 30 DEGREES AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. 
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RW SEP 08