High Wind in Sern P.w. Snd, Alaska

High Wind January 4, 2009 – January 6, 2009 · Sern P.w. Snd, Alaska

85 mph

Estimated gust (74 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wind speed out of the Copper River Delta is estimated based upon the pressure gradient and temperature gradient and reported wind gusts through Thompson Pass.

The wider storm

A strong pressure and temperature gradient along the North Gulf Coast between a strong Arctic high and Gulf of Alaska low produced high wind through the gaps in the Chugach Mountains. The peak measured wind was 86 mph through Thompson Pass.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 140415. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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