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High Wind in Southern Seward Peninsula-eastern Norton Sound, Alaska
High Wind January 8, 1999 – January 9, 1999 · Southern Seward Peninsula-eastern Norton Sound, Alaska
The wider storm
Strong high pressure over the Arcitc Ocean moved south to the Arctic Coastal Plain and then southeast to the Northwest Territories of Canada causing the moderate pressure gradient between the high and a low pressure near the Alaska Peninsula to strengthen...and also change orientation so that strong winds occurred in channeled areas of Zone 6. Strongest Winds reorted:Zone 6: Unalakleet 58 mph sustained, gust 69 mph. Golovin: 64 mph sustained, gust 78 mphZone 10: Emmonak: gust 60 mph
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5681940. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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