High Wind — Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

1996-07-22 to 1996-07-23 · Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A slow moving storm was just south of the Gulf of Anadyr and the associated weather front was moving north toward the Bering Strait. The combination created a strong southerly push of warm air, even though the weather front did not reach the Bering Strait until the next day, after it had greatly weakened.Cape Prince of Wales PMEL Platform reported winds south 36 to 40 kts sustained.PATC (Tin City) AWOS reported sustained south winds at 35 kts at 2300 AST, just before the wind instrument on the AWOS stopped reporting.Zone 5 - PASH (Shishmaref) reported 35 kts for one hour on the 23rd beginning 1100 AST. PAPO (Point Hope) reported a max of 36 kts sustained during the period 0800-1200 AST on the 23rd. Other localities to the east (PAOT, PASK, PAWN) did not receive as high of winds - about 28-30kt sustained)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5571707. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.