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Blizzard in Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Blizzard March 26, 1999 – March 27, 1999 · Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

The wider storm

With an existing strong northeast pressure gradient across the zone, a disturbance aloft moved south over the area creating blizzard conditions at Kotzebue for four hours the evening of the 26th, and for longer at Kivalina.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5682943. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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