High Wind in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

High Wind April 26, 2020 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

68 mph

Measured gust (59 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Marine Exchange sensor at the Ketchikan Harbor measured gusts over 60 mph for 7 hours on Sunday the 26th, including a peak gusts of 68 mph at 732 pm local time.

The wider storm

The second in a series of storms causing high winds over a few days. A storm force low moved into the eastern gulf with a very strong associated front passing across the southern Panhandle Sunday afternoon. The front unleashed high winds across Prince of Wales Island and the Southern Inner Channels.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 879968. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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