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High Wind in Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska

High Wind January 28, 2020 – January 29, 2020 · Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska

64 mph

Measured gust (56 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Marine Exchange stations at the Sitka AML Dock and Harbor measured peak gusts of 60 to 65mph. These were SELY ahead of the front, then again with the wind shift to the SW.

The wider storm

Rapidly deepening low pressure system with an occluding front caused high winds with damage over the southern inner channels and outer coast. As it moved northward overrunning heavy snow fell over the northern panhandle. This was the first of two strong storms back to back.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 871952. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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