High Wind in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

High Wind December 6, 2020 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

60 mph

Measured gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Ketchikan Airport reported a wind gust to 52 knots at 7:43 am.

The wider storm

A strong pressure gradient developed as a frontal system moved through Southeast Alaska on December 6th. Wind speeds in northern Lynn Canal reached high wind Criteria at both Haines and Skagway.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 934807. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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