Strong, warm winds from a North Pacific storm pushed across large swaths of Alaska early Wednesday, with gusts near 100 mph in Anchorage, but by the evening things were calming down.
In its wake, the storm left more than 1,000 customers of Mat-Su and Anchorage electric companies without power Wednesday. High temperatures in the Anchorage area also prompted state transportation to schedule avalanche mitigation work along the Seward Highway between Bird Creek and Girdwood.
There were no significant reports of damage in the Anchorage area.
"For this event, it does look we should be winding down with the wind," National Weather Service Anchorage-based meteorologist Luis Ingram said. "It looks like we could have another stretch of strong winds (Thursday) along Turnagain Arm and the Upper Hillside, but right now it doesn't look like it will be as strong."
Ingram added the unseasonably high temperatures are expected to stick around until at least Sunday and stay above freezing during the day.
The National Weather Service accumulated a list of the strongest gusts over the 24-hour period that ended at 4 p.m. Wednesday from across the state. The service said it does not keep wind gust records.
Anchorage
McHugh Creek: 98 mph at 5:10 a.m. Wednesday
Near Golden View Middle School: 91 mph at 6:01 a.m.
Glen Alps: 87 mph at 5:53 a.m.
Portage Valley: 76 mph 11:09 a.m.
Matanuska Valley
Palmer Airport: 59 mph at 6:22 a.m.
Kenai Peninsula
Flat Island (near Nanwalek): 69 mph at 1:30 a.m.
Homer Airport: 61 mph at 11:53 p.m. Tuesday
Kodiak Archipelago
Sitkinak Island: 75 mph at 8 p.m. Tuesday
Kodiak Island: 62 mph at 4:53 a.m.
Eastern Prince William Sound
Cordova Boat Harbor: 81 mph at 5:36 a.m.
Bristol Bay/Kuskokwim Delta
Cape Newenham: 91 mph at 11:18 a.m.
King Salmon Airport: 77 mph at 6:54 a.m.
Bethel Airport: 67 mph at 12:53 p.m.