High Wind in Central Aleutians, Alaska

High Wind December 28, 2016 · Central Aleutians, Alaska

71 mph

Measured gust (62 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Adak ASOS measured 62 knots of wind. Surface pressure chart indicates winds met criteria.

The wider storm

A low pressure system moved northward west of the Aleutian Islands, bringing a cold front with strong cold air advection through the Western Aleutians and high winds behind the warm front in the central Bering. The low pressure system reached 938 mb just off the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 670668. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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