High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- February 8, 9:00 PM AST to February 9, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Alaska, February 8 to 10, 2000
A moderate front, located just south of the eastern Aleutians late Tuesday, continued to elongate northwestward into the Bering Sea, extending in a long arc from Cape Navarin, Russia to Cold Bay late Wednesday. The front remained nearly stationary in this position, slowly weakening Thursday.
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, located just south of the eastern Aleutians late Tuesday, continued to elongate northwestward into the Bering Sea, extending in a long arc from Cape Navarin, Russia to Cold Bay late Wednesday. The front remained nearly stationary in this position, slowly weakening Thursday. The front finally began to drift northeast and dissipate late Thursday and early Friday.In advance of the front, wind gusts peaked at 63 mph around Dutch Harbor late Tuesday and Wednesday.Across the western Alaska Peninsula, gusts near 60 mph were reported around Cold Bay Wednesday afternoon.Along the extreme northwest corner of Bristol Bay and along the southeast corner of Kuskowkim Bay, local wind gusts reached 68 mph, as recorded at Cape Newenham Thursday.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- February 9, 6:00 AM AST to February 10, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal
- When
- February 10, 3:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Kuskokwim Delta
- When
- February 10, 3:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 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
More
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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: 5127614, 5127615, 5127616, 5129723.