Blizzard — Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

1999-03-26 to 1999-03-27 · Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Wider weather episode

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_id 5682943. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.