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Heavy Snow in Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska

Heavy Snow December 17, 2021 · Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snowfall with rates in excess of 2 inches per hour were observed in Port Alexander. Storm total of 11 inches.

The wider storm

A band of snow persisted over southern Baranof Island as a low tracked SE over the easern Gulf of Alaska. Easterly upslope flow combinded with cold northerly surface winds in Port Alexander resulted in heavy snowfall rates and high ratios. The snow band eventually extended SE across northern Prince of Wales Island to Ketchikan. Fluffy/dry snow accumulated quickly with reports of 1 to 2 inches per hour.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1000283. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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