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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KOTZEBUE AK
1118 AM AKDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN
KOTZEBUE...

THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH OF MAY IN
KOTZEBUE WAS 32.4 DEGREES F. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OBSERVED
DURING THE MONTH OF MAY WAS 20.4 DEGREES F. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY WAS REACHED ON THE 31ST AT 52 DEGREES. THE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY WAS REACHED ON THE 1ST AT 0
DEGREES F.

THE MEAN OF EXTREME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IS 55.2 DEGREES F FOR THE
MONTH OF MAY.  THE MEAN OF THE EXTREME MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH OF MAY IS 8.2 DEGREES F.  THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH WHEN
SUBTRACTED FROM THE MEAN OF EXTREME MAXIMUM SHOWS A DIFFERENCE OF
22.8 DEGREES F. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WHEN SUBTRACTED
FROM THE MEAN OF THE EXTREME MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SHOWS A DIFFERENCE
OF 12.2 DEGREES F. THE NORMAL DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF
MAY IS 37.8 DEGREES F. THIS IS 5.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OBSERVED
TEMPERATURE IN KOTZEBUE. THE NORMAL DAILY LOW FOR THE MONTH OF MAY IS
25.2 DEGREES F. THIS IS 4.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF
MAY.

THE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013 WAS 0.76
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THE NORMAL OBSERVED PRECIPITATION FOR THE
MONTH OF MAY IS 0.41 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS IS 0.32 INCHES
ABOVE THE NORMAL OBSERVED PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. THE
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION WAS OBSERVED DURING THE 21ST AND 22ND
OF .21 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THE NORMAL SNOWFALL OBSERVED DURING
THE MONTH OF MAY IS 4.4 INCHES. THE OBSERVED SNOWFALL DURING MAY 2013
WAS 6.3 INCHES. THIS IS 1.9 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MAJORITY OF THE
MONTH OF MAY PRECIPITATION WAS IN SNOWFALL.

 THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR KOTZEBUE DURING THE MONTH OF MAY WAS 11.0
MPH. THE AVERAGE SPEED FOR THE MONTH OF MAY IS 10.3 MPH. THIS IS 0.7
MPH BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST WINDS WERE OBSERVED ON MAY 12TH OUT OF
THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND OBSERVED WAS ALSO
OBSERVED ON MAY 12TH WITH THE HIGHEST GUST OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST
AT 43 MPH.


THE BREAKUP OF KOTZEBUE SOUND BEGAN ON THE LAST WEEK OF MAY WITH
SHORE ICE AND HOLES IN THE ICE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE SOUND. A LOOK AT
VISIBLE SATELLITE NOTES THAT THERE IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
ICE SURROUNDING THE BALDWIN PENINSULA. THE ROADS BY THE LAST WEEK OF
MAY WERE FREE OF SNOW AND ICE. THE GROUND HAS JUST PATCHES OF SNOW AT
THE END OF THE MONTH VERSE THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH WITH SNOW FALL
COVERING THE GROUND.


THE OUTLOOK FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2013 IS PREDICTED TO AN EQUAL
CHANCE OF NORMAL, BELOW NORMAL, OR ABOVE TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.




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CMK JUN 13
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
