High Wind in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

High Wind April 28, 2020 – April 29, 2020 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

79 mph

Measured gust (69 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Marine Exchange sensor at the Ketchikan Harbor measured peak gusts over 60 mph for 12 hours the evening of the 28th, including a peak gust of 79 mph at 102 am local time on the 29th.

The wider storm

The third in a series of storms causing high winds over a few days. A well developed low tracked NE into the SE Gulf of Alaska. A tight pressure gradient caused strong winds just off the surface. Conditions become unstable enough in the evening for the winds to mix to surface.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 879969. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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