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Heavy Snow in Haines Borough and Lynn Canal, Alaska

Heavy Snow December 31, 2021 · Haines Borough and Lynn Canal, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter in Haines reported 12 inches of snow in the Mud Bay area.

The wider storm

Low pressure system associated with a plume of warm moisture moved into the gulf late on the 30th and lingered south of the panhandle through the weekend. As the low moved southwards, precipitation changed from snow to rain.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1000344. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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