Winter Storm — Lower Yukon Valley, Alaska

2023-01-29 to 2023-01-30 · Lower Yukon Valley, Alaska

Event narrative

Snow transitioned to freezing rain on the evening of the 29th and eventually transitioned to rain on the morning of the 30th. The combination of freezing rain and rain falling on frozen ground caused around a tenth of an inch of ice to accumulate on the ground in Russian Mission.

Wider weather episode

A warm front associated with a low in the Bering Sea brought a mixture of snow, rain and freezing rain to the Yukon Delta and the Lower Yukon Valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1079327. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.