High Wind, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM AST to 5:00 AM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 1 to 2, 2000
Event continued from December 1999. Large low pressure center 600 miles northeast of Prudhoe Bay drifted southwest to 450 miles northeast of Prudhoe Bay with a weather front moving southeast over the Beaufort Sea.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Event continued from December 1999. Large low pressure center 600 miles northeast of Prudhoe Bay drifted southwest to 450 miles northeast of Prudhoe Bay with a weather front moving southeast over the Beaufort Sea. Strong high pressure remaining over Russia Far East created strong winds and blizzard conditions over the eastern Arctic Coast, along with low wind chills initially. Blizzard conditions occurred at: Deadhorse, Barter IslandHigh wind occurred at Deadhorse ASOS: gust to 44 mph.
Event by event
1 high wind, 1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM AST to January 2, 4:35 AM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 1 to 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, January 1, 2000
- Drought in New Mexico, January 1 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Hawaii, January 1 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 1, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 1 to 2, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, January 1, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 1, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 1 to 3, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5129815, 5129816.