Blizzard in Pribilof Islands, Alaska

Blizzard February 20, 2017 – February 21, 2017 · Pribilof Islands, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Saint George Island recorded winds to 48 mph and visibilities below one quarter mile for 8 hours.

The wider storm

A 954 mb low transited the Western Aleutians and brought a front through the Bering Sea. A triple-point low formed along this front. Southeasterly flow ahead of the triple point low caused blizzard conditions for the Pribilof Islands, the Kuskokwim Delta, and Bristol Bay.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 683100. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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