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Heavy Snow in Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys, Alaska

Heavy Snow October 3, 2019 – October 5, 2019 · Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snowfall totals around 6 inches were measured at the Tahinichok NPS RAWS. It is estimated that up 10 inches of snow likely fell in higher terrain of the western Brooks Range based on satellite and model data.

The wider storm

A weather front associated with a low pressure system moving north through the Bering Strait and into the Chukchi Sea pushed across the Interior and Brooks Range. This resulted in significant upslope snowfall along the south slopes of the western and central Brooks Range from Oct 3-5th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 863219. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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