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High Wind in Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska
High Wind January 25, 2016 – January 26, 2016 · Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska
What the National Weather Service wrote
Port Alexander tide gauge measured gusts to 67 mph. No damage was reported.
The wider storm
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 617268. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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