High Wind in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

High Wind January 8, 2021 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

85 mph

Measured gust (74 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Salmon Landing weather station in Ketchikan reported a peak gust of 74 knots at 9:14 am akst.

The wider storm

A hurricane force low tracked northward over Haida Gwaii where numerous high wind gusts were observed. low may have gone too far inland for the western part of prince of wales to get the higher winds.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 939427. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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