High Wind in Western Arctic Coast, Alaska

High Wind October 23, 2023 – October 24, 2023 · Western Arctic Coast, Alaska

93 mph

Measured gust (81 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

As the front moved over the western Arctic Coast, it brought a mixture of rain and snow as well as high winds. Cape Lisburne saw gusts as high as 93 mph.

The wider storm

On October 23, 2023 a 996 mb area of low pressure moved northward over the Chukotsk Peninsula of eastern Russia. A series of fronts associated with this low traveled north along the west coast of Alaska bringing a combination of strong winds, heavy snow and elevated surf.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1145881. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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