Pribilof Islands storm history

Winds began gusting over 100 mph at 3:34 p.m. local time. The St. George sensor failed after a 124 mph gust at 5:34 p.m. During this time, the breakwater at St. George harbor was significantly damaged by high surf and strong winds.

The St. George ASOS (PAPB) started measuring wind gusts above 70 mph by 7:50 AKDT Oct 11. Winds continued to gust over 70 mph for several hours with the peak wind gust reaching 91 mph at 10:15 PM AKDT the same day. The Saint Paul ASOS (PASN) reported winds gusting over 65 mph fro…

Two separate measurements of wind gusts to 81 mph were recorded from Saint George and Saint Paul Island on the morning of 9/17. The gust to 81 mph on Saint Paul was recorded by the PASN AWOS at 8:45 AM AKST, and the gust to 81 mph on Saint George was recorded at 9:41 AKST. School…

The Saint Paul ASOS recorded a 3 hour period of blizzard conditions on the evening of March 28. Winds gusted as high as 38 knots (44 mph) while blowing snow led to one quarter mile visibility. Conditions improved quickly after 10 pm AKDT as precipitation came to an end.

The Saint Paul ASOS did not report visibility during this event. Winds gusted 35 knots (40 mph) or greater with whiteout conditions seen on FAA webcam imagery between 10 am and 2 pm on March 18, during which temperatures were also below freezing. At 6 pm, an NWS employee at the S…

A mesonet observation in Saint Paul recorded a wind gust to 70 knots (81 mph) around 2 AM on February 28 as a low pressure system in the Bering Sea passed north of the island near peak intensity.

The Saint Paul AWOS began reporting blizzard to near blizzard conditions starting at around 8 am 2/15 as the front approached from the west, and lasted through about 3 pm that same afternoon. The highest winds gusted to 59 mph as the front approached at about 1 PM 2/15.

Blizzard conditions with significant snow and blowing snow occurred from 9:35 AM through 7:20 PM on February 13th at the Saint George AWOS. Visibility remained between 1/4 to 1/2 mile until February 14th at 2:00 AM. Winds peaked between approximately 3 PM to 6 PM February 13th, w…

The Saint George AWOS began reporting blizzard conditions around 5 PM AKST 2/9 and lasted at least intermittently all the way until about 9 AM AKST 2/10. Snow and blowing snow with 1/4 mile visibility and north to northeast wind sustained at 40 to 55 mph with gust as high as 70 m…

The Saint George AWOS reported several hours of snow, blowing snow and visibility fluctuating between 1/4 and 1/2 miles for much of the afternoon and evening of 1/24, with sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph and gusts near 60 mph.

Saint George AWOS began to report 1/2 mile snow and blowing snow at 12:30 AKST 1/23 continuing through about 4 PM with sustained northeast winds between 35 and 40 mph. Conditions persisted for many hours, eventually improving above 1 mile visibility late on the evening of 1/23.

Observations from both the Saint Paul ASOS and Saint George ASOS recorded reductions in visibility to 1/2 mile at times due to blowing snow. Winds gusted to around 40 knots (46 mph) at the onset of the heaviest snow late on December 24 and gradually diminished through the followi…

Buoy 46035 (250 nm West of Saint Paul Island) reported a pressure of 28.08 inches (950mb) Sept 16/1650UTC (850 AM) as the center of Merbok reached it's closest proximity to the Pribilof Islands before continuing northeast. Wind gusts peaked at around 74 mph at the PASN ASOS, whil…

Saint Paul ASOS (PASN) was reporting near blizzard conditions. ASOS showed 3 hours of one half mile or less visibility and 35 plus knot winds.

Saint Paul (PASN) reported one quarter mile visibility with moderate snow and freezing fog along with northeast winds sustained 28 knots with gusts to 38 knots. One of the forecaster sent an email to one of the people out at the ASOS station in Saint Paul. He mentioned that they …

Saint Paul WSO reported 8.7 inch drifts at the door and 3 ft drifts in the driveway.

PASN recorded: 30G36mph 1/4SM +SN FZFG VV006 at 12/8 10:20PM, while webcams showed whiteout conditions. PASN recorded 1/4 mile on numerous occasions as webcams showed whiteout conditions most of the night. PASN first went down to 1/2SM 36G58 mph SN on 12/8 at 2:47AM, diminishing …

Saint Paul ASOS experienced over 12 hours of visibility less than one quarter mile.

Visibility less than one quarter mile in blowing snow observed for 17 hours at Saint Paul airport.

St Paul airport ASOS gusted to 75 mph during this event. The city cancelled events at school and church due to the wind.

Saint Paul airport experienced approximately 5 hours of visibilities below 1/4 mile and wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph.

St George ASOS reported a gust of 78 knots. Damage was sustained at the KUHB radio station on St Paul when the radio tower blew over.

Winds peaked shortly after 6 AM at 75 mph at the St. Paul Aiport. Minor erosion, roof damage and siding damage was documented by the local Weather Service Office. The ASOS at St. George Airport peaked at 61 kts around the same time.

St George Airport hit a peak gust of 68 knots and observed 6 hours of warning level winds.

Saint George Island recorded winds to 48 mph and visibilities below one quarter mile for 8 hours.

Saint Paul reported winds to 41 knots and visibilities below 1/4 mile between 5:53 p.m. and 7:53 p.m.

Saint Paul reported 1/16th of a mile visibility in snow and blowing snow. Peak winds reached 49 knots. No reports of damage.

St George ASOS measured a peak wind at 72 knots.

Although the winds were consistently above 40 mph and visibility dropped below 1/4 mile at times, the blizzard conditions did not last for longer than 3 consecutive hours.

Peak wind measured at 68 knots at Saint George ASOS.

St. George ASOS gusted to 101 mph at 2:19 p.m. on 11/23. No damage was reported.

A slow moving occluded front approached the Pribilof Islands which resulted in widespread blizzard conditions across both St Paul and St George Island. The peak of this event on St Paul Island had 1/4SM visibility with winds gusting to 44 MPH. The peak on St George Islands was 1/…

When the low and associated occluded front moved into Bristol Bay on March 7th the North to Northwest winds increased in conjunction with heavy snowfall. Blizzard conditions began just after midnight on the 7th and persisted into the middle of the evening. The most severe conditi…

As the main low crossed just south of the Aleutian Islands the occluded front moved just south of the Pribilof Islands. This created a strong pressure gradient and area of strong lift over the Pribilof Islands. St Paul Island entered Blizzard conditions a little before midnight a…

This long duration Blizzard on St Paul Island was produced by the occluded front remaining just south of the Islands on February 22 through the early morning hours of the 23rd. By late morning the low was moving east of the Island and while this kept the front from passing throug…

The occluded front that was moving slowly through the Eastern Bering Sea from the south produced blizzard conditions on both St Paul and St George Island. St George reported the more severe conditions with 1/4 mile visibility in East winds sustained at 56 mph and gusting to 72 mp…

As the low moved into southwest mainland Alaska the pressure gradient tightened over the Pribilof Islands as snow and more cold air was entrained into the area. This resulted in around 12 hours of continuous blizzard conditions in St Paul and 6 hours in St George. The peak of the…

As the occluded front approached the Pribilof Islands, East to Northeast winds increased and caused blizzard conditions at both St Paul and St George Islands. The peak of the event on St Paul Island was at 12:53 PM AKST Feb 6th with East winds 40 gusting to 49 MPH. Visibility was…

Blizzard conditions occurred from late afternoon/early evening of February 2nd on both Pribilof Islands and persisted into the middle of the afternoon the next day. The peak of the event on St George was at 5:03 PM February 2nd when they were 1/4 mile visibility in blowing snow a…

Blizzard conditions were measured for approximately 15 hours. Peak winds reached 43 kts with visibility reduced to one-sixteenth of a mile in heavy, blowing and drifting snow. Pipes froze in four homes. The value of damage reported is an estimates.