High Wind — Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

2022-03-29 to 2022-03-30 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

Event narrative

Automated weather observing station PAMM in Metlakatla measured 63 mph.

Wider weather episode

A developing low tracked northward along a preexisting front and into the SE gulf on the evening of 3/29. The low center stayed near the coast of Prince of Wales Island, causing strongest winds through Clarence Strait.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1017688. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.