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Winter Storm in Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska

Winter Storm November 4, 2011 · Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Pelican measured 6.5 inches of new snow which fell on the afternoon of Friday, 11.4. Gustavus got less with 4.6 inches new snowfall that afternoon.

The wider storm

A moderate strength frontal system moved onto the Eastern Gulf Coast on the afternoon of Friday 11.4. Warm moist air aloft moved over cold air causing 6.5 inches of new snow for Pelican and over the Cross Sound area. Gustavus measured 4.6 inches of new snow that afternoon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 352784. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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