Blizzard — Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

1998-12-17 to 1998-12-19 · Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A storm south of the central Aleutian Islands moved north into the Bering Sea then northwest to Far East Russia and weakened. Blizzard condition occurred at: Zone 10: Hooper Bay, Cape Romanzof, Zone 9: Tin City, Zone 6: Nome, Golovin, Unalakleet (close), and Zone 3: Kotzebue, Selawik, Kivalina (close). On the 19th, the PMEL (Pacific Marine Environmental Labroatory) platform at Cape Prince of Wales on the Bering Strait Coast reported wind gusts to 60 mph. Additionally on the early morning of the 17th, wind chills of -70 to 81 below occurred over zone 3: Kotzebue reached -72 F; Selawik reached -81 F.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5676715. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.