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Heavy Snow in Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska

Heavy Snow December 30, 2010 · Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Pelican measured 8.2 inches of new snow at 0800 AKST on 12/30. Pelican received an additional 2.6 inches by 0800 on 12/31. Elfin Cove measured 5.8 inches on the 30th.

The wider storm

On the afternoon of 12/29 arctic air was over the northern Panhandle. A strong warm front was approaching from the south associated with as storm center all the way over at the eastern Aleutians. warm over running snow continued into the morning of the 31st.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 275610. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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