High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- December 17, 12:00 AM AST to December 18, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 17 to 19, 1998
A moderate front from the eastern Aleutians Thursday moved into the Alaska Peninsula and extreme western Bristol Bay Friday afternoon. Strong southeast winds were observed in many areas ahead of the front.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 front from the eastern Aleutians Thursday moved into the Alaska Peninsula and extreme western Bristol Bay Friday afternoon. Strong southeast winds were observed in many areas ahead of the front. Wind gusts around Dutch Harbor reached 75 mph Thursday morning as reported by the contract observer.Along the Alaska Peninsula, southeast wind gusted to 48 mph at Cold Bay late Thursday evening...remaining above 40 mph for the next 24 hours. At Port Heiden, even stronger southeast wind gusts to 58 mph were observed just after noon Friday.Along the Bristol Bay coast and the Kuskokwim Delta, wind gusts reached 78 mph just after 9pm Thursday, where blizzard conditions were reported off and on for a 6 hour period from 6pm until just before midnight. Iliamna recorded wind gusts of 52 mph, Togiak 60 mph, Mekoryuk 62 mph, Cape Romanzof 71 mph as the front moved closer late Friday.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- December 17, 12:00 AM AST to December 18, 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM AST to December 19, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Kuskokwim Delta
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM AST to December 19, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 17, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, December 17 to 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 17, 1998
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 17, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 17 to 18, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 17, 1998
- Dense Fog in California, December 17, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 17 to 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 17 to 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 17 to 18, 1998
- High Wind in Montana, December 17, 1998
- High Wind in Montana, December 17, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 1998
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: 5670698, 5670699, 5670700, 5670701.