AKZ227 - Upper Kuskokwim Valley

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AKZ208>210-212-214>217-227-180645-
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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AKZ227-181345-
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...
FAREWELL LAKE
232 PM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY...
.TONIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWER 90S. NORTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 20 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND
20 MPH BECOMING EAST 5 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WEDNESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWER 90S. LIGHT WINDS.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S AND 60S.
SOUTH WINDS TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE 80S TO AROUND 90. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS AROUND 60. 
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE 50S.
.SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE 70S. LOWS IN THE 50S.

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               TEMPERATURE      /    PRECIPITATION
MCGRATH      62   92   62   92  /   0    0    0    0 

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