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Heavy Snow in Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

Heavy Snow March 1, 2009 – March 2, 2009 · Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

The coop observer at Hidden Falls reported a total of 7.5 inches of snow fell by 5 pm on 2 March. Based on a nearby observation location at Angoon, the snow started around around midnight and began to taper off during the afternoon of the 2nd.

The wider storm

A low about 300 miles south southwest of the Queen Charlotte Islands was nearly stationary on 3/1 and weakened. An occluded front moved northward through Southeast Alaska also weakened and dissipated during the night of 3/2 over the Panhandle.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 159048. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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