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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 211 PM AKST SUN NOV 18 2012 ...COLD SUNDAY IN NORTHEAST INTERIOR ALASKA... A COLD AIR MASS COVERS ALL OF INTERIOR ALASKA THIS WEEKEND. WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH SLOPE AND BROAD LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA...MANY AREAS HAVE ENOUGH WIND TO KEEP STRONG INVERSIONS FROM FORMING. HOWEVER...IN THE UPPER YUKON VALLEY AND ON THE SOUTHERN YUKON FLATS...WINDS HAVE REMAIN NEARLY CALM. THIS HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO UNUSUALLY LOW LEVELS FOR THIS EARLY IN THE WINTER. SOME LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR SUNDAY INCLUDE... BIRCH CREEK....................46 BELOW BEAVER CREEK (YUKON FLATS).....45 BELOW AMERICAN CREEK NEAR EAGLE......44 BELOW COAL CREEK.....................43 BELOW CENTRAL........................41 BELOW EAGLE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.....41 BELOW EAGLE AIRPORT..................39 BELOW IN CONTRAST...AT THE FORT YUKON AIRPORT...WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...THE LOW TEMPERATURE SUNDAY HAS BEEN JUST 8 BELOW. IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA ALMOST ALL AREAS HAVE HAD WIND FOR THE PAST DAY...SO TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY ZERO TO 10 BELOW. $$ RT NOV 12
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