Taku wind

[Mike Cleven]

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> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:44:24 EST
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> Believe me, you DO NOT want to experience this one! I did while Mom and Dad
> were in Anchorage for Grampas funeral. 100+ mile an hour winds and air temp
> of 20. Lost my damn gloves! Hands have never been warm since.

Sounds like what we call an "outflow wind" down my way, which means
flows from a cold interior landmass blowing down through and over the
mountains.  I've seen winds and winter conditions of that calibre even
in suburban Vancouver (the Great Blizzard a couple of Christmases
ago)......

Mike