Winter Storm — Lower Yukon Valley, Alaska

2008-04-03 to 2008-04-04 · Lower Yukon Valley, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A Low Pressure System moved northeast from the Central Bering Sea into Norton Sound and the Seward Peninsula. Southeasterly flow brought widespread snowfall and some freezing rain into the Western Interior of Alaska.

Zone 215: Based on precipitation amounts and estimated snowfall for Kaltag in Zone 216...heavy snow likely fell over the Nulato hills on the 3rd through the 4th...with some period of turning to rain and/or freezing rain. snowfall amounts of 7 to 9 inches are likely in the highest hills based on the estimate of 6.8 inches for Kaltag.

Zone 216: At Kaltag, situated at the base of the southeastern slopes of the Nulato Hills, snow began the morning of the 3rd...turning to rain on the evening of the 3rd through the morning of the 4th..then back to snow with occasional rain until ending 1am AST on the 5th. Initial snowfall total is estimated to be 6.8 inches based on a 1 to 7 ratio of measured precipitation at Kaltag. the nearby Nulato Hills likely received a total of 8 to 12 inches. While Co-op observers at the village of Galena reported only 1-2 inches, the villages of Ruby and Huslia received more precipitation most likely in the form of freezing rain.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 82251. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.