High Wind — St. Paul Island, Alaska

1997-05-15 · St. Paul Island, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A rapidly deepening low moved out of the northcentral Pacific late Wednesday...reaching a depth of at least 970 mbs near Adak at 10 am Thursday. The moderate to strong front associated with this low extended in an arc 150 miles north of Adak through the western tip of Umnak Island at 10 am Thursday. Gale to locally storm force east and southeast winds preceded the front...while southwesterly storm force winds were observed along the south and southwest side of the low. Cold Bay recorded a wind gust of 57 mph at 8:01pm Thursday evening. By Friday morning...the low had moved into the central Bering Sea as the front continued to elongate north and east...through the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and into the upper Alaska Peninsula. Wind gusts reached 43 mph at King Salmon Friday in the frontal area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5601436. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.