High Wind, Eastern Aleutians
- When
- December 8, 1:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 8 to 9, 2000
Strong southeast winds were observed ahead of a front, extending from the eastern Bering Sea to just southwest of Dutch Harbor early Thursday. By late Thursday, as the initial front began to dissipate, another front moved north toward the central Aleutians.
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.
Strong southeast winds were observed ahead of a front, extending from the eastern Bering Sea to just southwest of Dutch Harbor early Thursday. By late Thursday, as the initial front began to dissipate, another front moved north toward the central Aleutians. This front continued northeast toward Saint Matthew Island and Sand Point at 9 am Saturday.Wind gusts ahead of the first front reached the 60 + mph level at the Dutch Harbor Spit just before 1am Friday. Winds diminished below 60 mph at this site around noon Friday, a few hours prior to frontal passage. Peak winds at the site reached 79 mph between 5 and 5:30 am FridayAt Cold Bay, southeast winds briefly gusted at 61 mph between 7 and 8 am Friday. Gusty winds continued until 10 pm Friday, diminishing early Saturday just prior to frontal passage (at the surface).
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Alaska Peninsula
- When
- December 9, 1:00 AM AST to 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 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
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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: 5161475, 5161476.