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SUMMARY WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12:50 AM
MST MONDAY 21 JANUARY 2008.
AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE BEAUFORT SEA HAS
PUSHED MILD AIR INTO THE ARCTIC COAST REACHING AS FAR NORTH AS
TUKTOYAKTUK. TEMPERATURES ROSE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND
CONTINUED TO CLIMB IN THE EVENING. SEVERAL HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS
WERE BROKEN INCLUDING TUKTOYAKTUK, AKLAVIK AND FORT MCPHERSON WHILE
INUVIK TIED ITS OLD RECORD.
TODAY THE MILD SPELL WILL END AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS
SOUTHWARD TOWARDS GREAT SLAVE LAKE AND A COLD FRONT BRINGS A
BRIEF RETURN TO COLDER TEMPERATURES. EARLY THIS MORNING HIGH RECORD
TEMPERATURES WERE ALREADY BROKEN FOR TUKTOYAKTUK AND INUVIK FOR
TODAY.
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UNOFFICAL TEMPERATURES AND RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR JANUARY
20, 2008.
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                  TEMPERATURE        RECORD HIGH      YEAR
TUKTOYAKTUK         -4.4                 -7.0         1981
AKLAVIK             -0.5 *               -1.1         1962
FORT MCPHERSON       5.9 *                1.5         1991
INUVIK               1.7 (TIED)           1.7         1962
* LAST TEMPERATURE RECORDED WAS AT 1 PM MST SUNDAY 20 JANUARY, 2008
SO TEMPERATURES COULD BE HIGHER.
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UNOFFICAL TEMPERATURES UP TO 4 AM MST JANUARY 21, 2008 AND RECORD
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR JANUARY 21, 2008
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                  TEMPERATURE        RECORD HIGH      YEAR
TUKTOYAKTUK         -5.0                 -6.0         1981
INUVIK               1.0                 -5.3         1981
NO VALUES FOR TODAY FOR AKLAVIK OR FORT MCPHERSON.
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