Alaska Weather Summary

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ALASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
400 AM AKST MON NOV 23 2009

ON THE OVERNIGHT WEATHER MAP FOR THE GREAT LAND...MODERATE LOW
PRESSURE WAS NORTH OF COLD BAY WITH TWO ATTACHED WEATHER FRONTS...ONE
CURVED NORTH AND EAST TO BRISTOL BAY WHILE THE OTHER SAGGED SOUTH AND
WEST TO THE NORTH PACIFIC. MODERATE LOW PRESSURE WAS SOUTH AND EAST
OF KODIAK WITH AN ATTACHED WEATHER FRONT THAT CURVED NORTH...EAST AND
SOUTH TO THE NORTH PACIFIC. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER THE NORTH
SLOPE AND EXTENDED EAST AND SOUTH TO THE YUKON TERRITORY. A TROUGH OF
LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA AND SAGGED SOUTH TO CAPE
ROMANZOF ON THE YUKON DELTA COASTLINE.

SKIES WERE FAIR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NOATAK VALLEY IN THE NORTHWEST
AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TANANA VALLEY...YUKON FLATS AND EASTERN
BROOKS RANGE.

THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE WAS MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SNOW AT WALES IN
THE NORTHWEST...DELTA JUNCTION...GALENA...KALTAG AND MCGRATH IN THE
INTERIOR. SNOW ALSO FELL AT DILLINGHAM...DUTCH HARBOR AND SAINT PAUL
IN THE WEST AND ACROSS THE SOUTHCENTRAL REGION AT ANCHORAGE AND
SEWARD. HEAVY SNOW FELL ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CHUGACH
MOUNTAINS IN THE WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND
SNOW FELL AT KODIAK...WHITTIER AND PORTAGE GLACIER. RAIN FELL AT
SELDOVIA ON THE KENAI PENINSULA AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST
PANHANDLE. SNOW REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE AT SAINT PAUL
AND AT WHITTIER.

A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM THE COOK INLET TO THE PRINCE WILLIAM
SOUND AND NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA GENERATED EASTERLY WINDS THAT
GUSTED NEAR 65 MILES AN HOUR AT PORTAGE GLACIER AND WHITTIER AND NEAR
45 MILES AN HOUR AT WHITTIER AND NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AT KODIAK. A
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE ALASKAN RANGE TO THE
TANANA RIVER FLATS GENERATED SOUTHERLY WINDS THAT GUSTED NEAR 60
MILES AN HOUR AT THE PARKS HIGHWAY NEAR DENALI AND EAST WINDS TO 40
MILES AN HOUR AT FORT GREELY SOUTH OF DELTA JUNCTION. A PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE
GENERATED EASTERLY WINDS NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR AT KETCHIKAN.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTH RANGED FROM THE 20S BELOW ZERO ACROSS
THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA. ACROSS THE INTERIOR TEMPERATURES
WERE IN THE 30S BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE TO THE 20S
ABOVE ZERO ALONG THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE ALASKAN RANGE. ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA AND VALLEY TO THE 30S ACROSS THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN TO THE ALASKA
PENINSULA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHCENTRAL REGION RANGED FROM
THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN...20S IN
THE ANCHORAGE BOWL TO THE 30S FROM THE SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA TO
THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEMPERATURES RANGED
FROM NEAR 30 AT SKAGWAY TO NEAR 40 DEGREES AT CORDOVA AND METLAKATLA.

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DTN NOV 09