Winter Storm — Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys, Alaska

2002-01-15 · Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A weakening low pressure system over the southern Bering Straits and its associated frontal occlusion extended eastward helped, produce a small area of freezing rain. A small, shallow pocket of above freezing temperatures aloft near the occluded front produced the rain that subsequently fell into the surface area where temperatures were below freezing. This resulted in the brief period of freezing rain that was reported at the village of Noatak.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5279705. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.