Annette Island storm history

The Metlakatla area saw an extended period of high winds starting early on the 9th of November. The mesonet station at the Annette Island Packing Company measured a peak gust of 79mph at 330am AKST. The Metlakatla AWOS topped out at 55mph between 455 and 536am. Another mesonet st…

The peak wind measured at the Annette Island Packing Company in Metlakatla was 61mph in the 9am AKDT hour on the 26th. Other peak winds measured at higher elevations on the island ranged from 65 to 74mph.

The station at the Annette Island Packing Company measured a peak gust of 59.8mph at 433am AKDT. Other reports at upper elevations from around Annette Island ranged from 71 to 83mph.

The mesonet station located at the Annette Island Packing Company, located along the shoreline of Metlakatla, started to measure wind gusts in excess of 60mph at 140am on the 26th and continued through that afternoon, including a peak gust of 80mph at 425am. Other high wind gusts…

Mesonet stations across Annette Island measured high winds for approximately two hours on the 15th. The Packing Company measured peak gusts of 62 mph at 1035pm and the Yellow Hill Station, at 479 ft elevation, reported a peak gust of 83 mph at 1230pm.

Light snow quickly became moderate to heavy with several inches stacking up between 6 to 9am. NWS Annette Island measured 6.7 inches had fallen at the Ferry Terminal by 848am on the 3rd. Amounts were lower in town.

A peak wind gust of 62 mph was measured at Melson Lake at 320pm AKDT. Earlier, with the warm front. there with higher gusts at Yellow Hill, at 479ft elevation. The Metlakatla AWOS station lost connection and stopped reporting after 4am, likely a result of the high winds.

The town of Metlakatla lost power at 1237 PM AKDT due to high winds. A weather station set up by a local NWS Employee at Yellow Hill Summit, a mountain point at 479 ft, recorded gusts in excess of 60 mph around this time, and a peak gust of 81 mph at 310 PM AKDT.

An NWS Employee estimated 6 inches of snow by 222pm on the 27th with variable coverage due to blowing and drifting. By the following morning there was a range of 8.6 inches total measured in town and 12.6 inches at the WSO. The Metlakatla Seaplane Base measured gusts of 20 to 30 …

An NWS Employee reported a power outage in Metlakatla at 1120pm on the 28th of January as wind speeds increased with the arrival of a strong system. The winds reached a maximum speed of 62 mph at 1:05 and 4:25 AM at the Metlakatla AWOS on the morning of January 29th and a similar…

A storm brought wind gusts of 58 mph measured by the AWOS at the Metlakatla Seaplane Base at 903am on the 12th. At 623pm, an NWS Employee reported a wind gust of 61 mph at the Annette WSO. Later in the evening, a utility company reported power line and pole damage on Walden Point…

During a high wind event, the Metlakatla AWOS reported wind gusts as high as 63 mph. An NWS employee reported a rooftop wind gust of 64 mph. These winds resulted in an extended power outage due to a tree hitting a power line shortly before 2pm. Power was restored to the community…

A maximum wind gust of 67 mph was recorded at Metlakatla seaplane base at 11:37 PM AKST November 8th, during an ongoing high wind event.

An NWS Employee reported a rooftop wind gust at the WSO of 64mph at approximately 0545AKST, along with the power being out on Annette Island.

Snow began late on February 28th and became heavy through the following morning with periodic gusts of around 35 to 45mph. An NWS Employee measured 4.3 inches of snow and a power outage at 7am. The COOP in Metlakatla measured 2.1 inches of snow at 1148am, but noted that there was…

NWS Employee at WSO Annette reported that blowing and drifting snow made measurements difficult. Around the office there were measurements of 4.7 to 10 inches. Most of that snow fell in the last 12 hours of the event. Near sea level, less snow was measured and changed to rain tow…

A report on Facebook indicated the presence of windy conditions at Metlakatla with the power being out at around 1245 pm AKST on November 23rd.