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Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in N. Brooks Rng E of Colville R, Alaska

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 10, 2008 – January 11, 2008 · N. Brooks Rng E of Colville R, Alaska

The wider storm

With an existing cold airmass covering the North Slope, a low pressure center formed near Mackenzie Bay on the 10th and created west winds at least 15 mph along the coast, and north winds through Anaktuvuk Pass, which produced extreme wind chills at:

Zone 203: Deadhorse ASOS coldest wind chill: -66 F (event began at 1216ADT).

Zone 206: Anaktuvuk Pass AWOS coldest wind chill: -65 F (event began at 1253ADT).

Zone 204: Wind chills at least -60 F did not last a full three hours at Kaktovik.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 71069. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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