Aug 08, 2000 Weather Analysis
A weak low has formed over the Russian coast near 140E at 08/1800Z.
An upper level short wave trough follows close behind as it rotates around the 500-mb low to our north. Unfortunately, we aren't getting observations from Russian Arctic, so it's difficult to verify the model analysis. Models without sufficient data input tend to smooth out surface features.
The low has been moving across the Arctic Ocean, but models do not indicate it will move south to affect the Chukchi Sea or North Slope area of Alaska. The track of the surface low is east-northeast.