High winds recorded to 76 mph occured at the Whittier access road as a frontal system pushed through the area.
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The episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.
High winds recorded to 76 mph occured at the Whittier access road as a frontal system pushed through the area.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 23, 11:00 AM AKST, 8 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 500 PM ADT SUN MAR 23 2008 .MODEL DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR MOST OF THE AREA BUT HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES FOR THE FINER DETAILS OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. THE NAM AND EUROPEAN MODEL HAD INITIALIZED THE GULF LOW IN THE CORRECT LOCATIONS WHILE THE GFS AND UKMET HAD PLACED IT A LITTLE FURTHER WEST. BASED ON THIS IT LOOKS LIKE THE NAM AND EUROPEAN MODELS A BETTER SOLUTION IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS. .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... THE MAIN UPPER LOW OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA REMAIN FIXED OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WITH SEVERAL SHORT WAVE TROUGH REVOLVING AROUND ITS EDGE. THE SURFACE REFLECTION OF THE UPPER FEATURES IS A COMPLEX AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH MULTIPLE CENTERS OVER THE GULF. ELSEWHERE, THERE IS A STATIONARY AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WITH A STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE EASTERN BERING. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... AN UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE SUSITNA VALLEY WILL WILL MOVE INTO THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY TONIGHT AND INTO NORTON SOUND MONDAY EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE AREA OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF BRISTOL BAY TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. AT THE SURFACE...THE MULTI-CENTERED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO FEED SNOW SHOWERS INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST, PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND KODIAK ISLAND FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA, ALASKA PENINSULA AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH TUESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND MAYBE INTO TONIGHT. .LONG TERM FORECAST... THE UPPER LOW OVER THE GULF BEGIN TO DRIFT EAST WEDNESDAY AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST ALASKA THURSDAY NIGHT. AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF SATURDAY. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF WILL WEAKEN BY MIDWEEK AND WILL FOLLOW THE UPPER LOW INTO THE WEST COAST OF CANADA BY THE WEEKEND. THE SHOWERS ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL DIMINISH AS THE SYSTEM WEAKENS. WINDS OVER THE EASTERN BERING WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY WEDNESDAY AS THE WESTERN BERING HIGH SHIFTS IN THE EASTERN BERING BY MIDWEEK. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE ALASKA PENINSULA. MARINE...GALE 130, 150, 155, 165, 170, 171, 172. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. NM MAR 08
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust was recorded to 76 mph at the Whittier Access Road.
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