High Wind in Western Aleutians, Alaska

High Wind February 9, 2020 · Western Aleutians, Alaska

81 mph

Measured gust (70 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Shemya Air Station ASOS gusted to 69 knots.

The wider storm

A rapidly deepening low pressure system approached western Alaska on the heels of a very strong high pressure system located over the eastern Bering Sea. This brought hurricane force winds to the Western and Central Aleutians.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 879426. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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