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High Wind in Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska

High Wind February 17, 2021 · Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska

85 mph

Measured gust (74 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hydaburg Seaplane Base reported a gust to 74 knots at 7:54 am.

The wider storm

A trough pushed in from the west with strong SE winds aloft and low level E-NE winds causing an over-running situation. Rates through the morning were very heavy with accumulation of 2 inches reported in just 1 hour. As surface winds shifted more SE in the afternoon, temperatures warmed and mixed with rain.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 945652. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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