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High Wind in Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

High Wind February 10, 2021 · Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

60 mph

Measured gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Skagway airport reported a gust of 60 knots at 7:43 am.

The wider storm

Very strong pressure gradient between Whitehorse and Skagway along with good cross barrier flow at the mid levels from the east to induce increase lee side troughing on SEAK side of mountains. The Juneau area had a Taku from a moderate critical layer and very strong inversion and cross barrier flow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 945667. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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