High Wind in Northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

High winds developed on the morning of the 15th and continued into the afternoon. The Hoodoo Hill RAWS reported gusts as high as 63 mph during the event. The high winds also caused blowing snow; however, the visibility did not drop below a mile at any station.

A 984 mb area of low pressure moved north through the Bering Sea on January 16th, and into the southern Chukchi Sea on the 17th. This weather system brought high winds, snow and blowing snow to the west coast of Alaska. After the low moved into the Chuckhi Sea, a strong area of high pressure built in behind it allowing strong winds to continue over northwest Alaska.