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High Wind in Eastern Chichagof Island, Alaska

High Wind April 22, 2019 · Eastern Chichagof Island, Alaska

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Gusts to 60 MPH occurred during the morning of 4/22 in Tenakee Springs. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

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 818425. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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