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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
833 PM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013

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LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY-
NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA-
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-YUKON DELTA-
LOWER YUKON VALLEY-LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...
NOORVIK...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK...
PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR...UNALAKLEET...
STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK...SHAKTOOLIK...
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...PILOT STATION...
ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...PITKAS POINT...
RUSSIAN MISSION...GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK...ANVIK...
FLAT...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK...
AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...
FAREWELL LAKE
833 PM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013
...HEAT WAVE CONTINUES ACROSS WESTERN ALASKA...
TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED INTO THE 80S AND LOWER 90S ACROSS
THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST OF ALASKA TODAY. THESE VERY HOT
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE HEAT WAVE IS BEING CAUSED BY A BLOCKING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE THAT WILL REMAIN PARKED OVER THE INTERIOR
AND WEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
THEN SLOWLY RECEDE EAST STARTING ON FRIDAY AS A SERIES OF WEAK
WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVE NORTH ACROSS ALASKA. THIS WILL BRING SLIGHTLY
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE INTERIOR
AND WEST COAST OF ALASKA FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
SOME HIGH TEMPERATURES SO FAR TODAY AROUND THE INTERIOR ARE:
MCGRATH..............93  (NEW RECORD)
NIKOLAI.............92
GALENA...............89  (NEW RECORD)
RUBY.................88
HUSLIA...............88
ANVIK................88
UNALAKLEET...........88  (NEW RECORD)
GOLOVIN..............88
WHITE MOUNTAIN.......88
TELLER...............85
NOORVIK..............84
NOME.................84 (NEW RECORD)
AMBLER...............84
SELAWIK..............82
NOATAK...............82
BUCKLAND.............81
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