High Wind in Kodiak Peninsula, Alaska

High Wind December 5, 2023 – December 6, 2023 · Kodiak Peninsula, Alaska

74 mph

Measured gust (64 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Kodiak ASOS reported a peak wind gust of 75 mph at 7 PM AKST 12/5. A nearby NOS site also reported gusts from the northwest between 60 and 75 mph between about 5 PM and 9 PM AKST 12/5.

The wider storm

A low pressure moved into the Gulf of Alaska between 12/5 and 12/7 with fairly cold air in place with higher pressure over Southcentral Alaska out ahead of this system. This helped produce strong, gusty and offshore winds that resulted in localized blowing snow and blizzard conditions through Thompson Pass. Very strong northwesterly flow also developed on the western side of this low as it lifted north near the Alaska Peninsula, with high wind gusts up to 75 mph recorded in the city of Kodiak on 12/5.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1147338. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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