High Wind in Pribilof Islands, Alaska

High Wind September 15, 2017 – September 16, 2017 · Pribilof Islands, Alaska

74 mph

Measured gust (64 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

St George Airport hit a peak gust of 68 knots and observed 6 hours of warning level winds.

The wider storm

A low pressure system moved from the Aleutian Islands to just off the Kuskokwim Delta coast, while intensifying rapidly to 970mb. Cold air advection and a tight pressure gradient on the backside of the low brought hurricane force winds to the Bering Sea.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 723268. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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