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High Wind in Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska
High Wind February 11, 2017 – February 12, 2017 · Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska
What the National Weather Service wrote
Cape Decision (marine observation) showed extreme wind on the afternoon and evening of 2/11 with gusts up to 80 MPH. It was strange that Hydaburg only had gusts in the 40s. No damage was reported.
The wider storm
Strong SSW flow aloft ahead of an occluded front on 2/10 brought snow, high winds, and even blizzard conditions to the Panhandle. As the front moved onshore on 2/11, warm air overrunning very cold air at the surface caused the snow to accumulate rapidly. White Pass was closed, and snow combined with wind gusts over 60 mph caused road and marine problems throughout SE Alaska. Some locations measured over a foot of new snowfall.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 678403. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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