Heavy Snow in Haines Borough and Klukwan, Alaska

DOT estimated 6 to 10 inches of new snow on the Haines Highway at 424am the morning of the 10th. A trained spotter on Mud Bay, south of Haines, reported that around 2 inches of snow fell during the day on the 9th, then became heavy around 8pm with a total of 9.5 inches falling by the morning. Another trained spotter in town measured 9 inches of dense snow had fallen by 1230am, which was in addition to 2 inches he had cleared during the day, and was still falling moderately at the time.

Periods of light snow fell across the northern panhandle over 24 hours as a low pressure system tracked into the SE gulf from the west. Then a deformation band became more organized and set up north to south from Haines to Hoonah with a shorter period of heavy snow.