Heavy Snow in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

Heavy Snow December 31, 2021 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter in Ketchikan estimated that 8 inches of snow fell before the rain started.

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 1000351. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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