High Wind in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

High Wind December 25, 2019 – December 26, 2019 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

77 mph

Measured gust (67 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Ketchikan Harbor Marine Exchange sensor measured a peak gust of 77 mph at 252 am on the 26th, but gusts above 60mph occurred between 432 pm on the 25th and 522 am on the 26th. Peak gust measured at the Ketchikan Airport ASOS of 60 mph at 351 am on the 26th.

The wider storm

Strong synoptic front with 70 kt low level jet at 850 mb. Over-running caused snow at White Pass and in Hyder.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 865840. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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