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

Petersburg got 5.9 inches of new snow early on the morning of Dec 9th. Visibility was as low as 1/2 mile at the airport. Snow changed to rain later in the morning making snow management quite difficult due to the weight of the snow.

On 12/7 the arctic front was over Northern Lynn Canal with high pressure over the northern Yukon into eastern B.C. This northern high build on 12/8 as a copious amount of moisture moved up from the south associated with a storm south of Dutch Harbor. The air masses collided on the afternoon of 12/8 bring heavy snowfall to the northern Panhandle. The heavier snowfall amounts were from 5 to 9 inches during the early morning hours on 12/9. Most areas had rain later that day making snow management difficult.