High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- March 4, 12:00 PM AST to March 6, 12:00 AM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 6, 1999
A moderate front, lying northwest-southeast through the eastern Aleutians, moved slowly north through the area Friday and Saturday. The front was preceded by brisk southeast winds.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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, lying northwest-southeast through the eastern Aleutians, moved slowly north through the area Friday and Saturday. The front was preceded by brisk southeast winds. Gusts reached 52 mph across the Pribilofs. Adjusted ASOS gusts at Adak, in the central Aleutians, peaked at 81 mph from the southeast between 7pm and 8 pm Thursday and reached 75 mph between noon and 3pm Friday. Prefrontal gusts reached a reported 78 mph at Dutch Harbor Friday afternoon.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Pribilof Islands
- When
- March 5, 12:00 PM AST to March 6, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Pribilof Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in California, March 4 to 5, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 4, 1999
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maine, March 4, 1999
- Winter Weather in Michigan, March 4 to 6, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, March 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 4, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 1999
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: 5681394, 5681395.