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High Wind in Western Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
High Wind February 6, 2000 · Western Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
The wider storm
Another strong low, about 400 miles south of Unalaska early Sunday curved northwest to a position 120 miles north of Atka early Monday. The low 'bottomed' out at around 956 mbs Sunday afternoon south of the Aleutian Chain, then slowly began to weaken early Monday. Strong westerly winds were observed along the southwest quadrant of the low. The front associated with this storm, was preceded by strong easterly winds..and accompanied by gusty southeast winds upon frontal passage.In advance of, and with frontal passage, easterly wind gusts reached 60 mph around Cold Bay Sunday mid-morning.76 mph gusts were recorded at Dutch Harbor several times Sunday right before frontal passage, and then again several hours later.On the southwest side of the low, northwest winds gusted to 60 mph at Adak Sunday afternoon.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5127613. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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