Winter Weather in Kodiak Peninsula, Alaska

Winter Weather March 21, 2023 – March 22, 2023 · Kodiak Peninsula, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Akhiok sensor recorded visibilities at or less that a half mile from 10:35 AM to 11:20 AM. A nearby sensor registered frequent gusts of 40+ mph at the same time.

The wider storm

An occluded low and its associated front transitioned from Southwest Alaska under a highly amplified pattern, and propagated towards Kodiak Island producing snow and blowing snow impacts. It then spun up a triple point low with a southerly moisture tap near the southern Kenai Peninsula, producing blizzard conditions and heavy snowfall.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1105221. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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