Winter Weather in Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

Winter Weather December 12, 2023 · Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Cold Bay ASOS reported visibility one half mile or less with winds gusting as high as 45 knots (52 mph) during a period of snow showers during the afternoon of December 12. Blizzard-like conditions were observed at times in Cold Bay and King Cove.

The wider storm

A low tracked into Prince William Sound on Dec 12 as it rotated around a deep upper-level trough centered over Western Alaska. Snow spread west from the Copper Basin as the trough became northwest-southeast oriented. Out west, the upper-level trough contributed to a strong push of cold air across the Bering Sea, which lead to blowing snow with widespread snow showers across the Alaska Peninsula.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1153640. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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