Ice Storm — Southern Seward Peninsula Coast, Alaska

2025-03-30 · Southern Seward Peninsula Coast, Alaska

Event narrative

The Nome (POAM) metar at 9:53 am reported 0.13 of ice. The Alaska State Troopers in Nome confirmed that there was a glaze of ice on cars, rails, and power lines.

Wider weather episode

A warm front moved onto the Bearing Coastline during the morning hours of March 30th. Steady snowfall quickly changed over to mixed precipitation with freezing rain becoming the primary precipitation type through the day. Ice accumulated on cars and power lines as a result.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1245591. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.