High Wind — Annette Island, Alaska

2024-10-12 · Annette Island, Alaska

Event narrative

A peak wind gust of 62 mph was measured at Melson Lake at 320pm AKDT. Earlier, with the warm front. there with higher gusts at Yellow Hill, at 479ft elevation. The Metlakatla AWOS station lost connection and stopped reporting after 4am, likely a result of the high winds.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1221245. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.