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High Wind in Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska

High Wind November 3, 2016 · Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska

70 mph

Measured gust (61 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hydaburg AWOS measured gusts between 55 and 73 MPH on the morning of 11/3. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

A rapidly deepening storm center down to 964 MB on the afternoon of 11/2 was well southwest of Dixon Entrance. Although the storm weakened as it moved northward into the Gulf on the morning of 11/3, it was enough to cause wind in excess of 60 MPH for both Prince of Wales Island and the Ketchikan area on 11/3. No damage was reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 664761. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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