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High Wind in Cape Fairweather To Cape Suckling Coastal Area, Alaska

High Wind January 6, 2017 – January 9, 2017 · Cape Fairweather To Cape Suckling Coastal Area, Alaska

100 mph

Estimated gust (87 kt)

$20K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Yakutat Airport had a peak wind of 50 mph on 1/6 at 0954 and a peak of 52 mph at 0156 on 1/7. Wind chill was in the minus 30s (-30F). So, those are extreme for the airport. Estimated wind 100 mph or more for the Dangerous River outflow. No damage

reported so far.

The wider storm

Extremely strong arctic high pressure build into the Yukon on 1/5 and persisted well over a week. This pushed blasts of cold air through gaps in terrain for all passes along the North Gulf Coast and the Taku wind area for Downtown Juneau and Douglas. Damage was reported all over Downtown Juneau, Douglas, and Thane.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 665236. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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