Heavy Snow — Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

2025-01-03 · Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

Event narrative

Light snow fell overnight, but quickly became moderate to heavy with several inches stacking up between 6 to 9am. Greatest amounts were reported with social media during the 8am hour, including 6 to 8 inches on the south side of Ketchikan. The band of snow showers shifted north of the area by noon.

Wider weather episode

A band of snow showers tracked over the southern panhandle early Friday morning with quickly accumulating snow. The snow showers fell in two bands, one across the southern panhandle and another across Sitka to Juneau on Friday. The northern band very slowly track northward to Yakutat late Friday night into early Saturday morning causing an advisory for Yakutat to be upgraded to a warning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1244974. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.