High Wind — Cook Inlet, Alaska

2000-01-04 · Cook Inlet, Alaska

Event narrative

Strong northwest '"gap" type winds blew across lower Cook Inlet from western Alaska Range passes Tuesday. Reports from a remote C-Man buoy on Augustine Island in lower Cook Inlet recorded gusts up to 64 mph between 9 am and 10 am. Winds were accompanied by wind chills of 50 below.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5128537. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.