PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
943 PM AKST SUN DEC 18 2011

...STORM BRINGS HIGH WINDS TO THE ANCHORAGE AREA...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFIED RAPIDLY OVER THE NORTH
PACIFIC SATURDAY AND THEN MOVED INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA SUNDAY.
THIS RESULTED IN STRONG WINDS ONCE AGAIN FOR THE ANCHORAGE AREA.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PEAK WIND GUSTS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.

GLEN ALPS..................................104 MPH
PARADISE VALLEY.............................76 MPH
RABBIT CREEK................................63 MPH
NEW SEWARD HIGHWAY AT HUFFMAN ROAD..........58 MPH 
HILLSIDE ROAD AT UPPER HUFFMAN ROAD.........56 MPH
GIRDWOOD....................................56 MPH
NEAR MULDOON ROAD AND EAST 20TH AVENUE......51 MPH
UPPER HILLSIDE..............................48 MPH
GLENN HIGHWAY @ "S" CURVES..................48 MPH
NEAR HILLSIDE DRIVE AND O'MALLEY............46 MPH
TED STEVENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...........44 MPH
GLENN HIGHWAY @ EAGLE RIVER BRIDGE..........43 MPH
ELMENDORF AFB...............................41 MPH
BIRCHWOOD AIRPORT...........................39 MPH
MERRILL FIELD AIRPORT.......................35 MPH
MIDTOWN.....................................32 MPH 

NOTABLE PEAK GUSTS FROM AROUND SOUTHCENTRAL...

WHITTIER ACCESS ROAD @ TUNNEL MP 1.35......100 MPH
PORTAGE.....................................77 MPH
PALMER AIRPORT..............................51 MPH
KENAI AIRPORT...............................51 MPH
NIKISKI.....................................46 MPH
SOLDOTNA....................................39 MPH
SEWARD......................................38 MPH

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