Heavy Snow — Kodiak Island-eastern Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

1999-03-10 · Kodiak Island-eastern Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

Wider weather episode

An intense 968 mb low moved into the central Aleutians as the day began Tuesday. Cold arctic air was in place across the entire mainland. The low was located just south of Adak at 9am Tuesday, continuing on an easterly path to just southeast of Kodiak Island late Wednesday. The low pulled cold arctic air southward in its wake, producing wind chills ranging from 40 to locally 70 below zero.Strong winds were reported just north and west of the center across the Aleutians Tuesday, gusting upwards of 60 mph. These strong winds followed the low northeastward..diminishing in all but the northwest quadrant of the center by Wednesday. Adjusted ASOS wind gusts on the back side of the low reached 97 mph at Chignik, on the northwest quadrant of the low, just after 3am Friday.Wind gusts ahead of the low reached 59 mph just south of Prince William Sound Wednesday.Kodiak recorded 8.4 inches of snow on the 10th, breaking an old record for the day.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5680720. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.