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High Wind in Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska
High Wind April 10, 2018 · Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska
What the National Weather Service wrote
Highest wind at Sitka Airport was only 44 mph around 1900 AKST on 4/10. Cape Decision had gusts to 77 MPH. Port Alex had some wind with branches down but no measurements
due to the tide gauge met data being blocked by a building.
The wider storm
Complex low pressure presisted over the entire Gulf on 4/9 & 4/10. A very strong wave developed south of Haida Gwaii and skirted the coast of SE Alaska causing storm force wind and hurricane force gusts. There was some damage reported, and the peak wind was 100 MPH. The strong wave moved off the coast and into the western Gulf on the morning of 4/11.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 739298. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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