High Wind — Chukchi Sea Coast, Alaska

2016-10-24 to 2016-10-25 · Chukchi Sea Coast, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A 950 mb low in the western Bering along with its associated occluded front produced strong winds along the Bering strait on the 25th of October.

Zone 213: A peak wind gust of 84 mph (73 kt) was reported at the Wales AWOS.

Zone 207: A peak wind gust of 63 mph (55 kt) was reported at the Point Hope AWOS.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 663750. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.