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High Wind in Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

High Wind March 29, 2020 – March 30, 2020 · Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

82 mph

Measured gust (71 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Marine Exchange sensor at the Skagway Harbor measured consistent gusts over 60mph during this outflow event, including a peak gust of 82mph at 343pm on Monday March 30th.

The wider storm

A Taku mountain wave developed as a low tracked to the SE. The tight pressure gradient along the Coast Mountains and strong cold air advection contributed to high winds for the northern inner channels, particularly for late March, and lasted two and a half days.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 874294. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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