High Wind, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal
- When
- December 18, 12:00 AM AST to December 20, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Haines Borough and Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 18 to 21, 1996
A moderate 990 mb low moved slowly northeast into the southern Gulf of Alaska, turning east and weakening near the Queen Charlottes late Wednesday. Strong high pressure built into Bristol Bay and the eastern Alaska mainland Thursday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.
A moderate 990 mb low moved slowly northeast into the southern Gulf of Alaska, turning east and weakening near the Queen Charlottes late Wednesday. Strong high pressure built into Bristol Bay and the eastern Alaska mainland Thursday. Wind gusts locally reached 40 to 50 mph across the affected areas.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway
- When
- December 18, 12:00 AM AST to December 20, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph)
High Wind, Glacier Bay
- When
- December 19, 12:00 AM AST to December 21, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 mph)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Colorado, December 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in Alabama, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, December 18 to 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Mississippi, December 18 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, December 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, December 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5579251, 5579252, 5579253.