High Wind — Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska

2016-01-25 to 2016-01-26 · Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska

Event narrative

Cape Spencer measured gusts to 74 MPH around 1000 on 1/26. Other headlands in the area had at least that much wind. No damage was reported at Elfin Cove or Pelican in the lee of the wind.

Wider weather episode

A Hurricane Force low was well established over the western Gulf on the night of 1/25. This system was so large that it had a strong frontal system in the eastern Gulf. A series of gale force to storm force lows developed along this system that moved northward along the outer coast then recurved back into the western Gulf. One of these systems caused extensive damage in the Edna Bay harbor late on 1/25

wrecking boats in the harbor. Max gusts in these systems were 75 to 80 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 617267. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.