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Heavy Snow in Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island To Etolin Island, Alaska

Heavy Snow February 12, 2018 – February 13, 2018 · Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island To Etolin Island, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Petersburg got 7 to 8 inches of snow in this storm. No damage was reported. Impact was intense snow removal.

The wider storm

On Monday 2/12 and Tuesday morning 2/13 Juneau and Petersburg got hit with a heavy snow storm that was not well forecasted. By Tuesday morning Juneau got 6 to 15 inches of new snow plus some freezing drizzle, and Petersburg got 7 to 8 inches. This was due to

deep WSW flow aloft that was expected to rain, but cold air never changed over.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 738633. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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