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

2018-02-12 to 2018-02-13 · Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island To Etolin Island, Alaska

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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_id 738633. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.