High Wind in Northern Denali Borough, Alaska

High Wind December 8, 2024 – December 10, 2024 · Northern Denali Borough, Alaska

79 mph

Measured gust (69 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong southerly gap winds developed through Windy Pass and along the Parks Highway. Winds gusted as high as 79 mph throughout the event at the Antler Creek RWIS sensor.

The wider storm

A strong low pressure system tracked from the north Pacific into the Bering Sea and eventually moved into the Arctic ocean. As the storm moved past, strong winds and heavy snowfall developed along the Bering coastline of western Alaska. Blizzard conditions eventually developed along the Northwest Arctic Borough coastline while strong gap winds developed farther east over the Alaska Range.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1227033. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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