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

The east coast of Baranof Island observed 7 inches of new, heavy wet snow by the evening of 2/24. Impact was heavy wet snow removal.

The weather front swept over the central panhandle on 24 February, spreading snow over the cooler air trapped near the surface. An easterly flow pattern ahead of the front/low resulted in some upslope flow to the easterly slopes increasing the snowfall. Temperatures began warming to in the afternoon leading to a wetter snowfall in the afternoon and compaction of the snowpack.