Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys storm history

Winds picked up the morning of the 25th as the front approached from the southwest. Blizzard conditions developed as the snow moved into the area. Visibility improved during the early morning hours of the 26th as winds diminished. Noatak had wind gusts as high as 54 mph during th…

Red Dog Mine began to report freezing drizzle Thursday afternoon and had a peak intensity of 3 statue miles and freezing rain on Saturday.

The storm brought a foot of snow to the village of Noatak. The Red Dog mine reported several inches of snow fell; however, blowing snow made it difficult to measure.

Kelly Station Snow Depth SNOTEL (KLLA2) increased 6 in 24 hours with a storm total of 7.

Noatak reported gusts as high as 45 mph with visibility less than one quarter mile for over three hours.

Blizzard conditions and high winds occurred across lower Noatak River Valley with near blizzard conditions in the lower Kobuk Valley. The weather station in the village of Noatak reported a visibility near zero along with very strong winds. A peak wind gust from the southeast to …

Pictures on social media with Red Dog Mine tagged, reporting blowing wet snow for several hours, having to clean exits of mine buildings every hour.

Blizzard conditions were observed at the Noatak AWOS. Visibility was reduced to one quarter mile or less at times in snow and blowing snow. There was a peak wind gust of 46 kt (53 mph) at the Noatak AWOS.

Upslope flow and abundant moisture produced an estimated 10 inches of snow at the NPS Salmon Creek RAWS.

Snowfall totals around 6 inches were measured at the Tahinichok NPS RAWS. It is estimated that up 10 inches of snow likely fell in higher terrain of the western Brooks Range based on satellite and model data.

A 998 mb low tracked from the southern Chukchi Sea and just off the northwest coast of Alaska and produced blizzard conditions at the Red Dog mine at times during the night of the 14th into the morning hours of the 15th. Although the limited observations from the airport at Red D…

A total of 6 inches of snow was observed at Noatak between 8 am on the 26th and 8 am on the 27th. An additional 3.5 inches of snow was observed between 8 am on the 27th and 8 am on the 28th.