Blizzard — Sern P.w. Snd, Alaska

2010-12-03 to 2010-12-04 · Sern P.w. Snd, Alaska

Wider weather episode

An intense Bering Sea storm pushed a front inland along the Bering Sea coast the evening of December 2nd. A low formed along the front in the northern Gulf of Alaska late in the afternoon of December 3rd. Strong wind combined with snow produced blizzard conditions across portions of southwest that then spread into the Cook Inlet region and Prince William Sound. Heavy snow fell in the Susitna Valley in the strong moist southerly flow Friday and Saturday.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 263871. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.