High Wind, Ne. Slopes of the Ern Ak Rng
- When
- November 9, 3:30 PM AKST to November 10, 2:45 AM AKST
- Where
- Ne. Slopes of the Ern Ak Rng forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
High Wind in Alaska, November 9 to 10, 2014
A weather front moving north over the southern mainland of Alaska brought high winds to the eastern Alaska Range. S.
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 AFG wrote it up.
A weather front moving north over the southern mainland of Alaska brought high winds to the eastern Alaska Range. The U.S. Army Mesonet station Texas Condo reported wind gust to 65 kt (75 mph).
What forecasters said that day
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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 9, 2:39 PM AKST, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 2:39 PM AKST, 51 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 239 PM AKST SUN NOV 9 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... UPPER LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTRATROPICAL REMNANTS OF TYPHOON NURI IS CENTERED ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND. THE LOW WILL RAPIDLY WEAKEN BY MON EVENING AS IT MOVES TO JUST SOUTH OF CAPE NAVARIN. A MODERATELY STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN SLOWLY AS A STRONG UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER NORTHWEST CANADA AND THE EASTERN ALASKA MAINLAND. THE STRONG RIDGE WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEKEND. 850 MB TEMPERATURES AS HIGH AS +4 TO +8 DEGREES CELSIUS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. SURFACE... A 956 MB LOW...THE EXTRATROPICAL REMNANTS OF TYPHOON NURI... IS CENTERED ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND. BY MON EVENING THE STORM WILL WEAKEN TO A 970 MB LOW CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF CAPE NAVARIN. SOUTHEAST GALES OVER MARINE ZONES PKZ215 AND PKZ220 WILL WEAKEN TO BELOW GALE BY EARLY MON MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR AREAS TONIGHT. RAIN OR MIXED RAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR MON...AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MAINLY SCATTERED MON NIGHT. A 980 MB LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARD TO ABOUT 100 MILES WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND BY WED EVENING AND TO NEAR CAPE NAVARIN BY THU EVENING. THIS MODERATELY STRONG SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF RAIN AND GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST AREAS...NORTON SOUND...AND THE BERING SEA AS FAR NORTH AS THE BERING STRAIT. RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST AND THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR TUE NIGHT...WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING IN THESE AREAS WED. GALES WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTON SOUND AND THE NORTHERN BERING SEA BY LATE WED AFTERNOON OR WED EVENING. THE ARCTIC SLOPE AND MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR WILL REMAIN DRY. STRONG SOUTHERLY CHINOOK WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY GAP WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES THROUGH TUE... BUT WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED BE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. WIND GUSTS AT ANTLER CREEK AND TEXAS CONDO HAVE REACHED THE 65-69 MPH RANGE AT TIMES TODAY. MODELS INDICATING MAXIMUM WINDS ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE AT 700 MB AT NO MORE THAN 45-50 KT...BUT THERE IS A FAIRLY STRONG GAP WIND CONTRIBUTION DUE TO THE WELL DEVELOPED LEESIDE TROUGH NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE. WINDS ALOFT ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DECREASING LATER TONIGHT...WITH A CORRESPONDING WEAKENING OF THE SURFACE LEESIDE TROUGH. NORTHERN ALASKA WILL SEE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH THE STRONG RIDGE BUILDING OVER NORTHWEST CANADA AND EASTERN ALASKA. 500 MB HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO CLIMB TO TYPICAL SUMMERTIME VALUES...AS HIGH AS 558-564 DECAMETERS...BY LATE IN THE WEEK. MAINALND.COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230. && RF NOV 14
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 Montana, November 9 to 10, 2014
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 9 to 10, 2014
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 9, 2014
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, November 9 to 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, November 9 to 10, 2014
- Winter Storm in Montana, November 9 to 10, 2014
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Montana, November 9 to 11, 2014
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, November 9 to 10, 2014
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 9, 2014
- High Wind in Montana, November 9, 2014
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, November 9 to 11, 2014
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, November 2014
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: 543155.