High Wind — Eastern Aleutians, Alaska

2021-02-27 to 2021-02-28 · Eastern Aleutians, Alaska

Event narrative

The NKLA2 observation may not be representative of the actual weather across the rest of the forecast area since this ob is higher in elevation than the surrounding obs.

Wider weather episode

Strong southwest winds impacted the Aleutian Island chain for days. Strongest gust was noted over the Eastern Aleutians at 97 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 972059. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.