High Wind — Chukchi Sea Coast, Alaska

2014-12-27 to 2014-12-28 · Chukchi Sea Coast, Alaska

59 MG

Magnitude

Wider weather episode

A tight pressure gradient developed between a strong 968 mb low pressure center in the far western Bering Sea and a 1045 mb high pressure center over the eastern Arctic slope on the 27th and 28th of December 2014.

High winds were reported on the 28th at:

Zone 207 : Point Hope AWOS highest gust was 68 mph (59 kt).

At Kivalina ASOS, wind gusts did not exceed 61 mph (52 kt).

Zone 209: Kotzebue ASOS reported gusts to 60 mph (52 kt). Noorvik likely had blizzard conditions during the morning of the 28th, according to the AWOS. Winds there gusted to 47 mph (41 kt).

Zone 213: Wales AWOS highest reported gust was 70 mph (61 kt).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 551417. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.