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High Wind in St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait, Alaska

High Wind October 16, 2020 · St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait, Alaska

64 mph

Measured gust (56 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong southerly winds gusted to 64 mph at Wales and Tin City along the Bering Strait coast, while sustained winds ranged from 45-55 mph.

The wider storm

A strong low moving north over the Chukotsk Peninsula in far east Russia brought very strong winds to the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea coast in northwest Alaska.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 926909. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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