High Wind, Bristol Bay
- When
- January 13, 11:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 13, 2002
965mb low in the Northern Pacific, just south of the Aleutians, was "sandwiched" between a 1036 mb high centered over Russia and 1035 mb high centered over the eastern Pacific and ridging into the Gulf of Alaska. Peak Wind Port Heiden: 63 mphWind Cape Newenham: 62 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
965mb low in the Northern Pacific, just south of the Aleutians, was "sandwiched" between a 1036 mb high centered over Russia and 1035 mb high centered over the eastern Pacific and ridging into the Gulf of Alaska. This created a strong pressure gradient over the Bering Sea and Southwest Alaska.Peak Wind Port Heiden: 63 mphWind Cape Newenham: 62 mph. This was the highest sustained wind observed. No peak wind data was available at this site.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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 Maine, January 13 to 14, 2002
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 13, 2002
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 13, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Maine, January 13, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Maryland, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Colorado, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Delaware, January 13, 2002
- Dense Fog in California, January 13, 2002
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 2002
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: 5277134.