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

Winter Storm January 29, 2013 · Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Elfin Cove got 6.0 inches of new snow on the morning of 1/29. Visibility was reduced at times to 1/2 mile in blowing snow with gusts to 20 mph. Pelican got 2.6 to 3.0 inches in that event.

The wider storm

Strong arctic high pressure was established over central ALCAN at 1043 MB on the morning of 1/28 driving cold northerly flow through mountain passes and Lynn Canal. The high moved to the southeast on 1/29 as a moisture-laden frontal system moved into the eastern Gulf. This combination brought heavy snow to some parts of SE Alaska on 1/29.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 426225. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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