High Wind, Alaska Peninsula
- When
- December 18, 12:00 PM AST to 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 18 to 19, 2000
A moderate front moving toward Bristol Bay from the north-central Pacific Ocean was preceded by very gusty south southeast winds. Gusts briefly reached 60 mph at the Sand Point AWOS between 12:35 pm and 1 pm Monday ahead of the front.
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 moving toward Bristol Bay from the north-central Pacific Ocean was preceded by very gusty south southeast winds. Gusts briefly reached 60 mph at the Sand Point AWOS between 12:35 pm and 1 pm Monday ahead of the front. Gusts at the Cold Bay ASOS reached 55 mph just after 9 am Monday while gusts of 56 mph were recorded at Chignik just prior to frontal passage there at 3 pm.Pre-frontal winds at Sitkinak briefly reached 62 mph between 4 and 5 pm Monday.Peak winds reported in the Bristol Bay area reached 56 mph at King Salmon, but not until between 6 and 7 pm Monday, well after the warning was changed to an advisory (10 am Monday). Around the Anchorage hillside, gusts of 60 + mph were first reported at Glen Alps after 10 pm Monday, peaking at 75 mph there between 3 and 4 am Tuesday. Last gusts of 60 + mph were reported at 10 am Tuesday. Wind gusts of 125 mph were recorded early Tuesday at Site Summit, a remote BLM system just above 3900' near Arctic Valley.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek
- When
- December 18, 10:00 PM AST to December 19, 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek forecast zone
- Measured
- 109 kt (125 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
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in California, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Nebraska, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 2000
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: 5160460, 5160461.