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Tsunami hazard zone sign. (Photo by hansol / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Representatives from the National Weather Service visited schools in the City of Kodiak last week to speak about tsunami readiness. Forecaster Joe Wegman says the original goal of visiting the city was to check in on the weather stations, where local observers keep track of things like daily temperature, …

National Weather Service forecasters have revised their December predictions for much of the Lower 48 and Alaska, according to an announcement released Thursday. Citing what they call a “highly amplified ridge” over the Bering Sea that stretches to the Lower 48 and an Arctic high pressure system with an “anomalous” northerly flow, the Climate Prediction Center is forecasting temperatures to …