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Winter Storm in Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island To Etolin Island, Alaska

Winter Storm December 1, 2012 – December 2, 2012 · Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island To Etolin Island, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Petersburg COOP measured 1.7 inches on 12/1 and 9.5 inches on 12/2. Most of the new snow fell during the early morning hours of 12/2. The snow was heavy and rapidly compacted on 12/2.

The wider storm

Arctic high pressure had become established over the southern Yukon. The arctic front was over Juneau on the evening of 11/30 and moved south over the southern Panhandle through 12/1. Petersburg got around 11.2 inches of snow by noon on 12/2.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 426044. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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