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High Wind in Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island, Alaska

High Wind January 14, 2020 · Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island, Alaska

90 mph

Measured gust (78 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Multiple locations around the downtown Juneau area reported the strong gusty winds, from late afternoon to early evening. The strongest reported gust was 90 mph at the JMLA2 (Juneau Marine Lines) site, at the nearby AJXA2 (AJ Docks ) gusted to 76 mph. South Douglas Island across the channel reached 61 mph.

The wider storm

Cold air advecting into the area accelerated as it flowed off the ice field and into the downtown area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 871624. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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