High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM AST to 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 1, 2000
At the same time high pressure strengthened in the central interior, an arctic-type low deepening near Middleton Island triggered moderate to strong outflow winds, reaching close to 65 mph at the St. Augustine site in lower Cook Inlet and at the Whittier harbormaster's office.
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.
At the same time high pressure strengthened in the central interior, an arctic-type low deepening near Middleton Island triggered moderate to strong outflow winds, reaching close to 65 mph at the St. Augustine site in lower Cook Inlet and at the Whittier harbormaster's office. The winds began to diminish early Saturday around Cook Inlet and late Saturday around Whittier.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM AST to 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 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
- 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
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 1 to 2, 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: 5128532, 5128533.