High Wind — Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

2019-04-22 · Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

Event narrative

Gusts to 60 MPH occurred during the afternoon of 4/22. No damage was reported.

Wider weather episode

A Deepening storm center tracked into the Eastern Gulf on Sunday evening 4/21 then stalled in the NE Gulf through Mon morning. High winds reached the SW coast of Prince of Wales by midnight then Ketchikan and Edna Bay through early Monday morning. The high winds will continued to move northward through the day as the strong low level jet 70 KT moved north. High pressure building in after the system made the winds persist into Tuesday for the inner channels with a large swell moving onto the outer coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 818420. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.