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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
430 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013

AKZ101-111-121-125-131-141-145-161800-

...SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK...

AN UNUSUALLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS BEGUN TO INTENSIFY OVER
MAINLAND ALASKA. ALONG WITH AMPLE SUNSHINE THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL
USHER IN SOME OF THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES SEEN IN RECENT YEARS. THIS
INCLUDES LOCATIONS FROM THE KENAI PENINSULA TO ANCHORAGE AND ALL
POINTS NORTHWARD. DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE 80S AT
MANY LOCATIONS. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE UNUSUAL IN SOUTH CENTRAL
ALASKA. INDIVIDUALS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD PLAN
ACCORDINGLY...NOT ONLY FOR THE HEAT BUT FOR POTENTIAL RISES IN RIVER
AND STREAM LEVELS DUE TO INCREASED SNOW MELT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

THE DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAVE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASED THE FIRE DANGER OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA. EXTREME CAUTION
IS ADVISED FOR ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITY INVOLVING BURNING.

HERE ARE THE ANCHORAGE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND FORECAST HIGH
TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IT IS POSSIBLE SOME OF THESE
RECORDS MAY FALL IN THE NEXT WEEK. THE FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE
FOR THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ON SAND LAKE ROAD...TEMPERATURES IN
EAST ANCHORAGE AND EAGLE RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO
MID 80S.

DATE        RECORD HI      FORECAST HI
JUNE 16.....79 IN 1936      76
JUNE 17.....84 IN 1948      80
JUNE 18.....80 IN 1926      77
JUNE 19.....77 IN 1961      74

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