High Wind, Eastern Aleutians
- When
- February 8, 6:00 PM AST to February 9, 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 8 to 10, 1997
An intense 953mb low in the extreme northcentral Pacific Saturday, curved north and began to slowly weaken Sunday to a 980mb center near Dutch Harbor at 3pm Monday. A strong front extending in an arc to just north of the low then east southeast weakened markedly in a long arc around the low into the Pribilofs, extreme northern Bristol Bay to Kodiak and eastward at 3pm Monday.
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.
An intense 953mb low in the extreme northcentral Pacific Saturday, curved north and began to slowly weaken Sunday to a 980mb center near Dutch Harbor at 3pm Monday. A strong front extending in an arc to just north of the low then east southeast weakened markedly in a long arc around the low into the Pribilofs, extreme northern Bristol Bay to Kodiak and eastward at 3pm Monday. Storm force winds were observed in advance of the front Saturday across open north Pacific waters. Brisk easterly winds in advance of the front moved into the Alaska Peninsula, the central and eastern Aleutians and the Pribilofs...where gusts from 40 to 50 mph were reported.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- February 8, 9:00 PM AST to February 9, 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
High Wind, St. Paul Island
- When
- February 9, 12:00 PM AST to February 10, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- St. Paul Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 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
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maryland, February 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Delaware, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 8, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 1997
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: 5588735, 5588736, 5588737.