Cold/Wind Chill — Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

1999-01-20 to 1999-01-21 · Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Wider weather episode

Cold High Pressure building over Interior Alaska with Low Pressure well north of the Arctic Coast produced winds of 20 mph over the eastern Arctic Coast in ambient air temperatures in the 30s below. As the high built, a weather front moved north over the Bering Sea causing winds over Zone 3 to increase in ambient air temperatures of 25 to 35 below ...before clouds from the front moved in and warmed temperatures on the 22nd. Lowest Wind Chills: Arctic Slope Coastal (Zone 1): Kuparuk -87, Prudhoe Bay -94; Lower Kobuk Valley to Cape Lisburne (Zone 3): Kotzebue -76, Selawik -82.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5681144. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.