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High Wind in Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska

High Wind January 28, 2020 – January 29, 2020 · Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska

67 mph
Estimated gust (58 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Post with photo of two roofs being blown off in Hydaburg. Nearby weather stations were down, peak gust measured at Cape Decision of 58kt at 1022pm.

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 871953. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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