Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- December 2, 1:35 AM AST to December 3, 3:15 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 2000
An occluded weather front from a 963 mb Low over the central Aleutian Islands moved north over the Bering Sea, with High pressure persisting over the Arctic Ocean. This produced near-blizzard conditions at:Zone 9: Gambell, SavoongaZone 10: Cape Romanzof, Hooper BayZone 6: GolovinThis system also produced strong winds in Zone 7 through the Alaska Range where Healy reached gusts of 55 mph.
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 AFG wrote it up.
An occluded weather front from a 963 mb Low over the central Aleutian Islands moved north over the Bering Sea, with High pressure persisting over the Arctic Ocean. This produced near-blizzard conditions at:Zone 9: Gambell, SavoongaZone 10: Cape Romanzof, Hooper BayZone 6: GolovinThis system also produced strong winds in Zone 7 through the Alaska Range where Healy reached gusts of 55 mph.
Event by event
3 blizzard, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Yukon Delta
- When
- December 2, 5:15 PM AST to December 3, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- December 3, 12:15 AM AST to 8:15 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- December 3, 10:35 AM AST to 11:35 AM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
- 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
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 2 to 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, December 2 to 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, December 2, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 2 to 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, December 2 to 3, 2000
- Dense Fog in California, December 2 to 6, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, December 2, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, December 2 to 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, December 2 to 3, 2000
- Dense Fog in California, December 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in California, December 2, 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: 5177582, 5177583, 5177584, 5177585.