High Wind in Kodiak Peninsula, Alaska

High Wind February 8, 2010 – February 9, 2010 · Kodiak Peninsula, Alaska

92 mph

Estimated gust (80 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hickerson Lake RAWS report 140 mph gusts. This RAWS is over 1000 feet in elevation. Based upon this observation and observations around Kodiak Island, it is estimated wind gusts were around 80 mph in some of the populated areas near sea level.

The wider storm

A strong north Pacific storm moved to the eastern Aleutians. This storm produced blizzards across the central Aleutians to the Pribilof Islands and along the Bering Sea coast of the Kuskokwim Delta. This storm also produced high wind across Kodiak Island and pushed snow and strong wind into Portage Valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 205337. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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