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High Wind in Anchorage Muni To Bird Creek, Alaska

High Wind December 22, 2020 · Anchorage Muni To Bird Creek, Alaska

96 mph

Measured gust (83 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

This was the highest wind gust observed from this event, at the Goldenview area of the Anchorage Hillside. Elsewhere on the Anchorage Hillside, trained spotters with personal weather stations reported peak gusts between 106 and 112 mph.

The wider storm

An active and progressive weather pattern brought widespread impacts to most of Southcentral Alaska from December 20-22 2020. Impacts from this system included blizzard conditions and high avalanche danger in the Turnagain Pass area of the Kenai Peninsula. High winds also occurred in the Anchorage Bowl from this system, where over 2000 power outages were reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 930744. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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