Blizzard in St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Blizzard February 6, 2025 – February 7, 2025 · St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Blizzard conditions prevailed for about 9 hours at Gambell where the local AWOS (PAGM) recorded 1/4 mile visibility and wind gusts between 45 mph and 50 mph.

The wider storm

High pressure building north into Alaska created a strong gradient across northwestern Alaska, resulting in a fetch of strong east winds along the North Slope where blowing snow created blizzard conditions while storm fore winds blew parallel to the Northwest Arctic and Bering coastlines.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1237303. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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