High Wind in Cook Inlet-susitna Valley, Alaska

A strong 967 mb low, 450 miles south of Kodiak late Wednesday, slowly began to weaken Thursday. The moderate front associated with this low...continued to elongate northeastward through the Gulf of Alaska...bringing brisk easterly winds to several areas. Along the northwest side of the low...brisk northwesterly winds were reported along the Alaska Peninsula. On Thursday, wind gusts reached 50 mph at Portage, 47 mph at Dutch Harbor and 40 mph at Middleton Island. In the Kodiak Island area wind gusts reached 52 mph ahead of the front Thursday (as reported by the "Trident"). Also on Thursday, the tug "Situ" recorded wind gusts of 52 mph from the northwest while anchored up in a bay at the extreme western tip of the Alaska Peninsula. Dutch Harbor recorded a wind gust of 47 mph on the same day. On Friday, wind gusts reached 51 mph at Portage and 41 mph at Middleton Island.