Winter Storm in Matanuska Valley, Alaska

Winter Storm March 5, 2022 – March 6, 2022 · Matanuska Valley, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Local storm report at Big Lake: 9.0 inches of snow as of 7:30 PM AST 3/5/2022.

The wider storm

A low pressure system moved northward through the Gulf of Alaska and stalled in Prince William Sound. This resulted in a band of snow that moved over the Chugach Mountains which then stalled and intensified over Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley. As a result, significant snowfall occurred.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1019258. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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