High Wind — Eastern Aleutians, Alaska

2017-10-24 · Eastern Aleutians, Alaska

Event narrative

OLSA2 (Nikolski) reported hurricane force gusts starting at 07:48 with a peak gust of 77 mph reported shortly thereafter. Hurricane force wind gusts were short lived and began diminishing by 09:00.

Wider weather episode

An extratropical low developed off the tip of Kamchatka ahead of decaying Typhoon Lan. The extratropical low tapped into the energy associated with the typhoon and quickly strengthened from the upper 970 mb range to the mid 930's. This helped bring hurricane force winds to the Western and Central Aleutians.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 723430. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.