High Wind in Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

High Wind September 16, 2017 · Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

79 mph

Measured gust (69 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

False Pass Airport reported warning level winds (above 74 mph) beginning at 7:45. The peak gust was 79mph at 13:00.

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 723270. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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