Winter Storm — Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

2017-03-02 to 2017-03-03 · Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

Event narrative

Angoon got 14 inches new snow for this event and was not warned. Impact was snow removal.

Wider weather episode

Arctic high pressure persisted over the Yukon on the night of 3/1 as a storm force low moved northward into the eastern Gulf of Alaska. This set up warm moist air overrunning the colder air at the surface causing heavy snowfall to the Northern Panhandle almost immediately following a previous snow dump 2/28-3/1. No damage was reported, but again the impact was snow removal on top of a large snowpack.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 680831. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.