High Wind in Central Aleutians, Alaska

High Wind December 12, 2015 – December 13, 2015 · Central Aleutians, Alaska

74 mph

Measured gust (64 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

High winds blew in Atka from 7:56 p.m. on 12/12 through just after midnight on 12/13. The peak of the event was a 74 mph wind gust. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

A storm moved from north of Japan and rapidly intensified over the Aleutians, reaching 924 mb near the central Aleutians. This storm brought significant winds to the central Aleutians and 53 foot seas to the Bering Sea. A triple point low forming along the front of this system moved across the mainland and brought blizzard conditions to the west coast and channeled areas in SouthCentral Alaska.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 607381. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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