High Wind in Municipality of Skagway, Alaska

High Wind January 27, 2024 · Municipality of Skagway, Alaska

63 mph

Measured gust (55 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A system advancing northward brought with it a surge of high winds through the morning hours of January 27. The Skagway airport measured a peak gust of 63 mph at 412am and a peak gust of 60 mph was measured at the boat harbor at 1153am.

The wider storm

A developing low moving northward brought a surge of high winds and upper elevation snow through Skagway as advancing warm air moved up from the south.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1159428. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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