Heavy Snow in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

Heavy Snow December 17, 2021 – December 18, 2021 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Public reported 10 inches of new snow at Herring Cove near Ketchikan.

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 1000284. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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