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High Wind in City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska

High Wind October 12, 2024 · City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska

66 mph

Measured gust (57 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The ASOS at the Sitka airport on Japonski Island measured high wind gusts over 60 mph early on Saturday October 12th. The strongest gust was 66 mph at 120am AKDT.

The wider storm

A storm force frontal system caused two rounds of high winds over the outer coast and Southern Inner Channels.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1221243. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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