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Winter Storm in Eastern Chichagof Island, Alaska

Winter Storm January 24, 2012 – January 25, 2012 · Eastern Chichagof Island, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hoonah got 6 to 7 inches of new snow on the afternoon of 1.24 and by the morning of 1.25 had an overnight dump of 11.6 inches for a storm total of around 18 inches.

The wider storm

With one strong low center parked in the western Gulf, another system developed SW of Dixon Entrance and made landfall near cape Spencer on the morning of 1.25 and merged with the original storm center. This system brought some strong wind to the outer coast and heavy snow to a few areas of the Panhandle through the 27th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 365093. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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