Western Aleutians

... More cold weather records for may in Valdez...

The Weather Service office in Valdez set a new reord low on Sunday
may 19 of 30 degrees... the old record was 31 set in 1992. Also the
snow depth was 28 inches... breaking the reord of 6 inches from 1964.

This morning the low temperature was 29 degrees which is a degree
lower than the old record for may 20th of 30 set in 1966. The snow
depth today is 24 inches... breaking the old record of 4 inches from
1968.

... Wso Cold Bay returning to two balloon releases a day...

Due to ongoing activity at Pavlof Volcano the National Weather
Service will resume two balloon releases per day at Weather
Service office Cold Bay. Increased sampling of the atmosphere around
pavlof is expected to improve forecast model performance and ashfall
modeling for public and aviation safety.