High Wind in Chukchi Sea Coast, Alaska

High Wind November 15, 2022 – November 17, 2022 · Chukchi Sea Coast, Alaska

72 mph

Measured gust (63 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong winds developed the evening of the 15th and continued into early in the day on the 17th. The National Ocean Service gauge at the Red Dog Dock reported a gust of 72 mph the evening of the 16th. The AWOS at the Point Hope airport reported a gusts as high as 59 mph.

The wider storm

A low in eastern Russian and high pressure over the eastern Interior tightened the pressure gradient over northwest Alaska.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1067708. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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