Heavy Snow in Baldwin Pen. & Selawik Valley, Alaska

A 979 mb low pressure center near Nunivak Island along with the associated occluded front pushed northeast towards Saint Lawrence Island during the morning hours of the 7th of April 2015. This low produced strong northeast winds along with snow and blowing snow creating blizzard conditions for Saint Lawrence Island during the morning hours and continuing into the evening of the 7th. This low pressure moved inland and produced heavy snow for the Selawik valley most of the day on the 7th and into the afternoon of the 8th.

Zone 209: Heavy snow fell over Selawik from the 7th into the afternoon of the 8th. An estimated 10 inches of snowfall was reported by the Village Public Safety Officer. Farther west only 5 inches of snowfall was reported at Noorvik.

Zone 213: Blizzard conditions were observed at the Gambell AWOS. The visibility was reduced to one quarter mile or less in snow and blowing snow. There was a peak wind gust of 41 kt (47 mph) at the Gambell AWOS.