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High Wind in Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island, Alaska

High Wind January 29, 2020 · Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island, Alaska

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

AEL&P power company reported wind caused a tree to blow down, partially blocking Glacier Highway and taking out a power line. Around the time the Juneau Airport had gusts of up to 53mph and another mesonet station had a peak gust of 56mph.

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 871954. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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