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High Wind in Cape Decision To Cape Fairweather-coastal Area, Alaska

High Wind January 2, 2001 – January 3, 2001 · Cape Decision To Cape Fairweather-coastal Area, Alaska

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong southeast winds of 60 to 70 mph were reported by a spotter in Tenakee Springs during the early morning hours on the 3rd. Just after frontal passage, winds shifted to the southwest and a peak wind of 69 mph occurred at Sitka.

The wider storm

An intense North Pacific low pressure system tracked along the outer coast of Southeast Alaska into the Gulf of Alaska bringing very strong southeast winds to much of the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5228492. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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