Heavy Snow — Lower Yukon Valley, Alaska

2000-01-22 to 2000-01-24 · Lower Yukon Valley, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A storm as deep as 951 millibars early on the 23rd, moved slowly northeast over the Bering Sea, eventually dissipating over Saint Matthew Island on the afternoon of the 25th. The associated weather front which moved northeast over interior Alaska on the 23rd and 24th, bringing a variety of winter weather to northern Alaska.Blizzard conditions occurred at:St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast: Gambell Arctic Slope Coastal: Point Lay, Wainwright, Barrow, Kuparuk, Nuiqsut, Deadhorse.Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound: Nome, GolovinNorthern Seward Peninsula-Lower Kobuk Valley: Kivalina, Point HopeExtreme Wind Chill occurred at:Northern Seward Peninsula-Lower Kobuk Valley: Point Hope : -74FFreezing Precipitation:Yukon Delta: Saint Marys possibly had freezing rain for a few hours, as inferred from AWOS.Highest Wind occurred at: St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast: Gambell AWOS 58 mph sustained, gust 76 mph.Yukon Delta: Saint Marys AWOS: 44 mph sustained, gusts to 64 mph.Tanana Valley: Delta Junction ASOS: 53 mph sustained, gust 63 mph ; Healy 40 mph sustained, gust 60 mph.Heavy Snow (24 hour amounts) occurred at:Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound: Nome, Koyuk: 6.0 ".Upper Yukon Valley: Chandalar Lake #2: 23rd: 9.0"; 24th: 10.0"Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys: Wiseman: 23rd: 15.0"; 24th: 15.5"Lower Yukon Valley: Nulato: 23rd 9.6"; Kaltag 23rd: 7.0", 24th: 7.0".

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5127905. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.