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Winter Weather in Matanuska Valley, Alaska
Winter Weather February 15, 2022 – February 16, 2022 · Matanuska Valley, Alaska
What the National Weather Service wrote
Snowfall reports of 6 to 8 inches were received between Willow to Houston to Big Lake area. Also 6 inches was reported 11 miles NNW of Palmer. Multiple reports of 3 to 8 inches through the Matanuska Valley with the highest report to the NNE of Willow where 8 inches of snow was reported. 7 inches was reported in Big Lake, 4.8 inches near Chickaloon, 8 inches 6 miles SSE of Houston, 3 inches near Wasilla, 6 inches 11 mile NNW of Palmer. There was also one report by an NWS employee of 16 inches 4 mile NNE of Knik.
The wider storm
A large storm system in the North Pacific moved northward towards Southern Alaska and brought a myriad of precipitation types. Moisture overran the Arctic air at the surface that was entrenched across the southern Mainland resulting in the hazardous winter weather.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1019129. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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