High Wind in Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

High Wind December 23, 2023 – December 24, 2023 · Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

85 mph

Measured gust (74 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A high wind event from an advancing front resulted in an extended duration of high winds. The AWOS at the Hydaburg Seaplane base recorded a peak wind gust of 85 mph at 333 PM AKST December 23.

The wider storm

Low pressure tracking toward south-central Alaska swept a front from south to north over the panhandle on the 23rd. This front brought heavy snow to the upper elevations of the Haines and Klondike Highways and high wind to the southern half of the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1154056. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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