High Wind in Western Aleutians, Alaska

High Wind February 12, 2009 · Western Aleutians, Alaska

75 mph

Estimated gust (65 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wind is estimated based upon the surface analysis and other observations along the Aleutians.

The wider storm

An intense storm moved into the central Aleutians the evening of February 11th and moved to the eastern Bering Sea February 12th. The storm then moved to the Bering Sea coast producing blizzard conditions in the Bristol Bay region and Kuskokwim Delta. Strong northwest wind and snow around the northwest side of the low produced a blizzard in the Pribilof Islands.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 145577. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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