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

High Wind November 9, 2016 – November 10, 2016 · Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska

79 mph
Measured gust (69 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hydaburg AWOS observed gusts to 69 mph. A truck windshield was blown out near Klawock. Cape Decision had gusts to 101 MPH.

The wider storm

A monster 956 MB Hurricane force low developed covering much of the North Pacific Ocean including the Gulf of Alaska on 11/9. The associated front with a 979 MB wave moved into the eastern Gulf on the morning of 11/10. Very strong winds developed for Prince of Wales Island but missed the rest of the coast. Minor damage was reported on the west coast of Prince of Wales Isl.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 664773. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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