High Wind — Sern P.w. Snd, Alaska

2008-03-05 · Sern P.w. Snd, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A surface low moved along the Southwest coast of Alaska toward the Kenai

Peninsula on the 4th of March. On the morning of the 5th, a strong weather front associated with this low approached the south central coast of Alaska. Wind gusts increased through the morning in the Portage Valley and Turnagain Arm to 60 to 80 mph. The winds in the Southeast Prince William Sound also picked up to 82 mph as the front approached. The winds diminished through the evening of the 5th after the front moved through.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 73811. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.